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Coblation nasal septal swell body reduction for treatment of nasal obstruction: a preliminary report

Title
Coblation nasal septal swell body reduction for treatment of nasal obstruction: a preliminary report
Authors
Kim, So JeongKim, Hee TaePark, Yun HwiKim, Ju YeonBae, Jung Ho
Ewha Authors
배정호
SCOPUS Author ID
배정호scopusscopus
Issue Date
2016
Journal Title
EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY
ISSN
0937-4477JCR Link

1434-4726JCR Link
Citation
EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY vol. 273, no. 9, pp. 2575 - 2578
Keywords
Nasal obstructionNasal valveSeptal swell bodyRadiofrequencyCoblation
Publisher
SPRINGER
Indexed
SCIE; SCOPUS WOS scopus
Document Type
Article
Abstract
In this paper, we present the results of coblation nasal septal swell body (NSB) reduction for the treatment of nasal obstruction in patients with abnormally thickened NSB. The study design was a retrospective clinical series conducted at a single tertiary medical center. Eight patients underwent coblation NSB reduction. Pre-operative and post-operative nasal functions were evaluated by acoustic rhinometry and subjective symptom scales. We also analyzed pre-operative CT scan images and nasal endoscopic findings. The mean maximal NSB width was 16.4 +/- 2.2 mm on pre-operative coronal CT scan images. The mean visual analog scale score for nasal obstruction was decreased from preoperative 7.63 +/- 0.99 points to 3.88 +/- 0.92 points (postoperative 3 months), 4.16 +/- 0.78 points (postoperative 6 months), and 4.63 +/- 0.69 points (postoperative 1 year). Six out of the eight patients were satisfied with the clinical outcome at 1 year after the procedure. To the best of our knowledge, coblation NSB reduction has not yet been reported in the medical literature. Our results show that it can be an effective treatment modality for nasal valve narrowing in patients with abnormally thickened NSB.
DOI
10.1007/s00405-016-3946-0
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