Procedures and Techniques
Surgical Video for the Inferior Turbinate Blade and Powered Inferior Turbinoplasty
View a surgical video of powered inferior turbinoplasty (2:35, 9.75 MB) using our innovative Inferior Turbinate Blade, which reduces inferior turbinate hypertrophy and offers significantly better long-term results compared to radiofrequency turbinoplasty techniques.1-4
References
- Liu C-M, Tan C-D, Lee F-P, Lin K-N, Huang H-M. Microdebrider-assisted versus radiofrequency-assisted inferior turbinoplasty. Laryngoscope 2009;119:414-8.
- Berger G, Ophir D, Pitaro K, Landsberg R. Histopathological changes after Coblation® inferior turbinate reduction. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2008;134:819-23.
- Lee JY, Lee JD. Comparative study on the long-term effectiveness between Coblation- and microdebrider-assisted partial turbinoplasty. Laryngoscope 2006;116:729-34.
- Atef A, Mosleh M, El Bosraty H, El Fatah GA, Fathi A. Bipolar radiofrequency volumetric tissue reduction of inferior turbinate: Does the number of treatment sessions influence the final outcome? Am J Rhinol 2006; 20: 25-31.
Last updated: 26 Feb 2013
