title: [The features of four types of operation for treating chronic hypertrophy rhinitis and ultrastructure observation of the inferior turbinate mucosa].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the features of four types of operation for treating chronic hypertrophy rhinitis and to observe the ultrastructure of inferior turbinate mucosa.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-eight cases of chronic hypertrophic rhinitis (HR) were treated by transnasal endoscopic submucous inferior turbinate resection (group A), thirty cases of HR were treated by partial inferior turbinectomy (group B), thirty six cases of HR were treated by bipolar radiofrequency ablation on inferior turbinate (group C), ten cases of HR were treated by injection of sclerosing agent (group D). The efficacy in the three groups (A,B,C) and the features of four types operation were compared and the ultrastructure of inferior turbinate was observed both preoperatively and postoperatively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four groups of HR were followed up 4 months to half year after operation, effective rate was 97.4 (group A) 100% (group B) and 93.4% (group C) respectively, while group A, group B and group C effective rate had no significant difference among them. Group A and group C have more advantages compared to the other 2 groups for they remained good ultrastructure of inferior turbinate mucosal cilia after 4 to 6 months postoperatively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of transnasal endoscopic submucous inferior turbinate resection and bipolar radiofrequency ablation for treatment of chronic hypertrophy rhinitis are effective modality for the treatment of chronic hypertrophy rhinitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou 325000, China. dongsijiab@citiz.net
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yongchang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jianguo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Minjun
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Mingzhu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Haifeng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Zhiwei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014420:Turbinates / Q000601:surgery* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D055815:Young Adult