title: [The original splint-electrode for endonasal electrophoresis].
abstract: The objective of the present study was to improve the effectiveness of the treatment of the patients presenting with deflection of the nasal septum and vasomotor rhinitis by developing a method for endonasal electrophoresis in the postoperative period. The study involved 102 patients allocated to three groups. All of them underwent septoplasty including splinting of the nasal septum and submucous laser vaporization of the inferior turbinate bones. The patients of group 3 were treated with the use of an original septal stent with the integrated electrode that allowed to reduce the injurious effect of the procedure of nasal electrophoresis and thereby to decrease the duration of the rehabilitation period following the intranasal surgical intervention; moreover, this approach enhanced the effectiveness of surgery.
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Kunel'skaia
authors.forename: G Iu
authors.initials: GIu
authors.lastname: Tsarapkin
authors.forename: M Iu
authors.initials: MIu
authors.lastname: Poliaeva
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Gorovaia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004566:Electrodes; D004586:Electrophoresis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D009667:Nose Deformities, Acquired / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012223:Rhinitis, Vasomotor / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D013165:Splints; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014420:Turbinates / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult