Diagnosis and treatment of nasal airway obstruction due to inferior turbinate hypertrophy.
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.
Courtiss
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Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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