title: The early complications of inferior turbinectomy.
abstract: A retrospective study has assessed the early complications occurring in 90 patients who underwent inferior turbinectomy during a 3-year period. The operation was complicated by haemorrhage, adhesions, crusting, infection and septal perforation in a proportion of cases, the overall incidence being 20 per cent, and that of significant reactionary or secondary haemorrhage was 9 per cent. Attention has been directed towards possible aetiological factors and measures proposed that may minimise the occurrence of complications.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, Bristol General Hospital.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Dawes
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014420:Turbinates / Q000601:surgery*