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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 Jeong; Kim, Hee Tae; Park, Yun Hwi; Kim, Ju Yeon; Bae, Jung Ho
- Ewha Authors
- 배정호
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 배정호
- Issue Date
- 2016
- Journal Title
- EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY
- ISSN
- 0937-4477
1434-4726
- Citation
- EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY vol. 273, no. 9, pp. 2575 - 2578
- Keywords
- Nasal obstruction; Nasal valve; Septal swell body; Radiofrequency; Coblation
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Indexed
- SCIE; 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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- 의과대학 > 의학과 > Journal papers
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