A study of comparison between partial inferior turbinectomy and submucosal diathermy in the management of inferior turbinate hypertrophy

Introduction: Inferior turbinate hypertrophy is one of the most common cause for Chronic nasal obstruction, which sometimes do not respond to medical management and needs surgical correction. The basic principle of surgical correction is to reduce the symptoms and preserve the functional anatomy of nasal airway.
Aim & objectives: To compare the efficacy of partial inferior turbinectomy(PIT) and submucosal diathermy(SMD) in terms of intra operative and post-operative bleeding, healing, post-operative nasal patency improvement
Patients and Methods: Thirty patients with age group between 18-50 years and both sexes were involved in this study. They were divided into two groups (Group I & II), each group included 15 patients. Group I underwent Partial Inferior Turbinectomy and group II underwent Sub Mucosal Diathermy. Patients were followed up and assessed on Day 2, Day 7 and 1 month post operatively.
Results and conclusion: The study showed that Partial inferior iurbinectomy is better than Sub mucosal diathermy in terms of healing, post-operative improvement in nasal patency on a long term basis although there were some short term complications.