Abstract

The present study was being undertaken to evaluate and compare efficacy of coblation and partial turbinectomy. The present study included 50 patients with complaint of nasal obstruction with inferior turbinate hypertrophy on examination. Patients recruited in this study were divided into two groups of 25 patients each in both groups: 1. The patients who underwent coblation of inferior turbinate. 2. The patients who underwent partial turbinectomy of inferior turbinate. The patients who underwent coblation of inferior turbinate were discharged on the day of the surgery. Patients who underwent partial turbinectomy of inferior turbinate were discharged usually after 48 hours. Patients were advised antibiotics and analgesics in both cases. Patients were then regularly evaluated at one week, one month, two month and three months after the procedure had been done. Each group of patients were evaluated and compared both objectively and subjectively. In this study, better results in relieving the nasal obstruction is shown with Partial inferior turbinectomy than in coblation but subjectively patients improvement was same in both the groups after three months of follow up. So coblation being daycare surgery, fewer complication rate and also less postoperative care needed may be considered as better option the partial turbinectomy.

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