Comparison of two different surgical techniques for reducing the size of inferior turbinates in the nose
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Bilateral inferior turbinate hypertrophy
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2015/01/005373
- Lead Sponsor
- Institutional review Board Christian Medical College vellore
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients above 18 years
2. Nasal obstruction due to mucosal hypertrophy of the inferior turbinates
3. Failure to respond to medical management with antihistamines and topical steroids
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients below 18 years
2. Previous history of inferior turbinate surgery
3. Obstructive septal deviation on the same side
4. Hypertrophic adenoid, nasal polyps or tumors
5. Active sinonasal infection
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Relative efficacy of ESMD and ESMR of inferior turbinate in relieving nasal obstruction due to inferior turbinate hypertrophy refractory to medical treatmentTimepoint: Preoperatively,one week,three months postoperatively
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Relative merits of ESMD and ESMR of inferior turbinate in terms of intra operative & post operative bleeding, patient comfort, duration of surgery, nasal mucosal histologyTimepoint: one week,three months postoperatively