title: Comparison between power-assisted turbinoplasty and submucosal resection in the treatment of inferior turbinate hypertrophy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the efficacy of power-microdebrider-assisted inferior turbinoplasty (PAT) with submucosal resection (SMR) in the treatment of inferior turbinate hypertrophy.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective randomized clinical trial study of 46 patients with bilateral inferior turbinate hypertrophy. Patients were randomly divided into 2 groups: PAT and SMR.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Intraoperative blood loss was 37.1 ± 7.4 ml in the PAT group and 47.8 ± 9.5 ml in the SMR group (means ± SD), while the operative times were 11.1 ± 1.7 and 29.4 ± 4.7 min, respectively. There was statistically significant lower blood loss in the PAT group, due to the shorter operating time.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PAT is equally as safe and effective as SMR. It has a shorter operation time and reduced intraoperative blood loss.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
authors.forename: Diaa El Din Mohamed
authors.initials: Del D
authors.lastname: El Henawi
authors.forename: Mohamed Rifaat
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Yasser Taha
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Madian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003646:Debridement / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D025363:Rhinomanometry; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014420:Turbinates / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*