title: [Inferior turbinectomy in asthmatic children].
abstract: Nineteen children with asthma underwent bilateral inferior turbinectomy from 1990 to 1995. Mean age was 11.5 years (range 8-17). All had obstructive allergic rhinitis and were resistant to long-term local corticosteroids. All operations were done under general anesthesia and endoscopic control. Mean hospital stay was 3 days. The postoperative period was uneventful and mean follow-up is 21 months (10-44). The patients described outcome as a clear improvement (n = 15), partial improvement (n = 3) and unilateral improvement (n = 1). The effect on asthma was more difficult to ascertain due to the number of cofactors. It can be noted however that asthma was not aggravated and that in 9 cases episodes decreased in frequency. Inferior turbinectomy provides considerable improvement in the comfort of patients with asthma, especially in terms of nasal ventilation.
authors.affiliation: Service ORL et de Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, Hôpital d'Enfants Armand Trousseau, Paris.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ducroz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Girschig
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Roger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grimfeld
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Garabedian
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012221:Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D014420:Turbinates / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Turbinectomie inférieure chez l'enfant asthmatique.