Inferior Submucosal Turbinectomy Versus Blunt Turbinectomy for Inferior Turbinate Hypertrophy

Soroka University Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Bilateral Inferior Turbinates Hypertrophy

Treatments: Procedure: bilateral nasal inferior turbinectomy; Procedure: endoscopic submucosal resection of the inferior turbinates

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00651092

sor466208ctil

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to compare endoscopic submucosal inferior turbinectomy to blunt turbinectomy in terms of subjective and objective parameters.

Full description

The two methods of nasal inferior turbinectomy are well popularized and in use for long periods of time. Endoscopic submucosal inferior turbinectomy is performed in our hospital and blunt turbinectomy is performed usually in privat clinics outside the hospital where there is no endoscopic equipment. We will examine both subjective (QOL questionaire) and objective parameters(rhinomanometry- a non invasive method to evaluate nasal airflow, saccharine test, nasal endoscopy) in our comparison of the outcome of these two methods.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• all patients above 18 years

Exclusion criteria

• can not answer a written questionaire

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

A1

Active Comparator group

Description:

since the two methods of turbinectomy are in used on a regular basis there is no way to perform double blind study- both the surgeon and the patients are well aware of the operation they are about to go. we just compare several parameters in patients who are anyway about to undergo an operation in a specific method that is used by their surgeon

Treatment:

Procedure: bilateral nasal inferior turbinectomy

A2

Active Comparator group

Description:

the resection of the inferior turbinates will be performed endonasally with an endoscopical instruments

Treatment:

Procedure: endoscopic submucosal resection of the inferior turbinates