[The features of four types of operation for treating chronic hypertrophy rhinitis and ultrastructure observation of the inferior turbinate mucosa].
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.
Dong
Jing
J
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou 325000, China. dongsijiab@citiz.net
Yang
Jun
J
Xu
Yongchang
Y
Cao
Jianguo
J
Zhu
Minjun
M
Lu
Mingzhu
M
Qian
Haifeng
H
Jin
Jie
J
Feng
Zhiwei
Z
Zhu
Ping
P
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