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Postnasal drip due to inferior turbinate perforation after radiofrequency turbinate surgery: A case report

Management of inferior turbinate hypertrophy includes surgical options in case of failure with medical treatment and the main goal of turbinate surgery is to relieve the patient's symptoms of chronic nasal congestion while preserving mucosal surfaces with reduction of the submucosal and bony ti...

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Autor principal: Aslan, Gaffar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: OceanSide Publications, Inc. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3679561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23772320
http://dx.doi.org/10.2500/ar.2013.4.0046
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description Management of inferior turbinate hypertrophy includes surgical options in case of failure with medical treatment and the main goal of turbinate surgery is to relieve the patient's symptoms of chronic nasal congestion while preserving mucosal surfaces with reduction of the submucosal and bony tissue. In this regard, radiofrequency volumetric tissue reduction has been a thermal technique associated with satisfactory results and fewer side effects. Historical detail on onset, timing, duration, and severity of symptoms and aggravating and relieving factors are important in the differential diagnosis of postnasal drip (PND). Here, we report development of intractable PND due to inferior turbinate perforation after radiofrequency turbinate surgery for the first time in the literature and the successful improvement via removal of pathological anatomic structure under nasal endoscopy–directed surgery in a 35-year-old female patient. The patient had a good functional outcome postoperatively with no further complications or signs of recurrence occurring, to date, within a postoperative follow-up period of 1 year.
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spelling pubmed-36795612013-06-14 Postnasal drip due to inferior turbinate perforation after radiofrequency turbinate surgery: A case report Aslan, Gaffar Allergy Rhinol (Providence) Articles Management of inferior turbinate hypertrophy includes surgical options in case of failure with medical treatment and the main goal of turbinate surgery is to relieve the patient's symptoms of chronic nasal congestion while preserving mucosal surfaces with reduction of the submucosal and bony tissue. In this regard, radiofrequency volumetric tissue reduction has been a thermal technique associated with satisfactory results and fewer side effects. Historical detail on onset, timing, duration, and severity of symptoms and aggravating and relieving factors are important in the differential diagnosis of postnasal drip (PND). Here, we report development of intractable PND due to inferior turbinate perforation after radiofrequency turbinate surgery for the first time in the literature and the successful improvement via removal of pathological anatomic structure under nasal endoscopy–directed surgery in a 35-year-old female patient. The patient had a good functional outcome postoperatively with no further complications or signs of recurrence occurring, to date, within a postoperative follow-up period of 1 year. OceanSide Publications, Inc. 2013 2013-05-14 /pmc/articles/PMC3679561/ /pubmed/23772320 http://dx.doi.org/10.2500/ar.2013.4.0046 Text en Copyright © 2013, OceanSide Publications, Inc., U.S.A. This publication is provided under the terms of the Creative Commons Public License ("CCPL" or "License"), in attribution 3.0 unported (Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)), further described at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode. The work is protected by copyright and/or other applicable law. Any use of the work other then as authorized under this license or copyright law is prohibited.
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Postnasal drip due to inferior turbinate perforation after radiofrequency turbinate surgery: A case report
title Postnasal drip due to inferior turbinate perforation after radiofrequency turbinate surgery: A case report
title_full Postnasal drip due to inferior turbinate perforation after radiofrequency turbinate surgery: A case report
title_fullStr Postnasal drip due to inferior turbinate perforation after radiofrequency turbinate surgery: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Postnasal drip due to inferior turbinate perforation after radiofrequency turbinate surgery: A case report
title_short Postnasal drip due to inferior turbinate perforation after radiofrequency turbinate surgery: A case report
title_sort postnasal drip due to inferior turbinate perforation after radiofrequency turbinate surgery: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3679561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23772320
http://dx.doi.org/10.2500/ar.2013.4.0046
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