Submucous diathermy of the inferior turbinates in chronic hypertrophic rhinitis.
Twenty patients, 10 allergic and 10 non-allergic, with chronic hypertrophic rhinitis and presenting mainly with bilateral nasal obstruction were subjected to submucosal diathermy of their inferior turbinates. There was significant post-operative improvement clinically, histopathologically and histochemically in the non-allergic group, while the improvement was less obvious in the allergic cases. The post-operative clinical improvement as regards rhinorrhea and sneezing was not as marked as that for nasal obstruction. Evaluation of the results showed that submucous diathermy of inferior turbinates is a good line of treatment for cases of chronic hypertrophic rhinitis, with better results in the non-allergic group of patients.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014420:Turbinates / Q000601:surgery*