Venkatesh Doreyawar, Raveendra P Gadag, Manjunath Dandinarasaiah, Shivalingappa B Javali, Nagaraj Maradi, Deekshit Shetty
Hypertrophy of inferior nasal turbinate is one of the most common causes for nasal obstruction (NO). As diode laser has proven to be as effective as any other lasers, our objective was to study various primary outcomes of its use of diode laser like improvement in NO, intraoperative bleeding, postoperative pain, and rapidity of healing. The study was undertaken to compare the various outcomes by diode laser turbinate reduction (LTR) and conventional partial inferior turbinectomy (PIT). A nonrandomized controlled trial was conducted on 2 groups: One group (30 cases) underwent LTR and PIT was performed in the other group (30 cases)...
August 7, 2019: Ear, Nose, & Throat Journal