Endoscopic partial inferior turbinectomy using a power microcutting instrument.
A technique for removing part of the inferior turbinate with a powered instrument is presented. This new technique is safe, quick, easy to teach, predictable and enables removal of the same amount of tissue and bone as is removed with other techniques of partial inferior turbinectomy.
Davis
W E
WE
Division of Otolaryngology, University of Missouri Health Sciences Center, Columbia 65212, USA.
Nishioka
G J
GJ
D019723:Endoscopes; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005557:Formaldehyde; D006490:Hemostatics; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*; D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol; D014420:Turbinates / Q000601:surgery*
D006490:Hemostatics; D005557:Formaldehyde; C027490:polyvinyl alcohol formaldehyde foam; D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol