title: Diagnosis and treatment of nasal airway obstruction due to inferior turbinate hypertrophy.
abstract: Bilateral inferior turbinate hypertrophy is the most common cause of nasal airway obstruction. Treatment by resection is advised. Following this, a significantly improved airway has been demonstrated and no adverse sequelae have been observed or reported.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Courtiss
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D011182:Postoperative Care; D014420:Turbinates / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery