title: Why we should avoid using inferior turbinate tissue as control to Nasal Polyposis studies.
abstract: CONCLUSIONS
  The authors are aware that inferior turbinate mucosa presents different properties from middle turbinate mucosa and any data generated using inferior turbinate as control in Nasal Polyposis (NP) should be analysed very carefully.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study aims to compare the mechanical properties of inferior turbinate mucosa vs middle turbinate mucosa.
  
  
  METHODS
  The interstitial hydrostatic pressure behaviour was compared during a saline solution infusion between healthy nasal mucosa from inferior turbinate with middle turbinate (four patients).
  
  
  RESULTS
  A significant difference, p = 0.02, was found in the response of interstitial hydrostatic pressure during the saline injection when the inferior turbinate vs middle turbinate was compared.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery , Federal University of São Paulo , São Paulo , Brazil ;
authors.forename: Rogério
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pezato
authors.affiliation: b Department of Otolaryngology , University of São Paulo , São Paulo , Brazil ;
authors.forename: Richard Louis
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Voegels
authors.affiliation: c ENT Division , Hospital Edmundo Vasconcelos , São Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Aldo Cassol
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Stamm
authors.affiliation: a Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery , Federal University of São Paulo , São Paulo , Brazil ;
authors.forename: Luís Carlos
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Gregório
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000473:pathology*; D014420:Turbinates / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Nasal polyposis; chronic rhinosinusitis