Inferior Turbinate Surgery

What is Inferior Turbinate?



Inferior turbinate is the largest among the three nasal turbinates. It is highly vascular and scroll shape in structure. The Inferior Turbinate acts as a surface area to humidify air needed by the mucous membrane. It also collects the dust and the unwanted dust particles. The inferior turbinate spreads over the whole length of nasal airway. The front portion of inferior turbinate can be touched and the other end leads to where the adenoids are located.

What is Inferior Turbinate Surgery?

The inferior turbinate surgery is a surgery done to reduce the size of the inferior turbinate which is enlarged due to some nasal problems. The enlarging ability of the inferior turbinate can also be reduced using Inferior Turbinate Surgery. The vascular tissue lying beneath the surface is coagulated for this enlarging ability reduction procedure.

Inferior Turbinate Surgery Procedures

The inferior turbinate surgery has different procedures to reduce the size of the inferior turbinate. Depending upon the patient and the nasal problem, the appropriate surgery procedure should be used. Overview on different Inferior Turbinate Surgery procedures is given below:

• Partial Turbinate Resection: In this surgical procedure, an exact amount of bottom tissue portion is cut off directly using micro-debriders and special scissors. If less bottom tissue portion is removed, then the tissue will increase. If excess of bottom tissue portion is removed, then paradoxical airway obstruction and problems in crusting and drying might occur. Hence the surgeon should have expertise to decide on the actual portion of bottom tissue that has to be removed.

• Submucous Resection: In Submucous Resection surgical procedure, an incision is made through the mucous membrane and the enlarged bone below the mucous membrane is removed.

• Plasma Generator Turbinate Reduction: In Plasma Generator Turbinate Reduction Surgical Procedure, a small probe is passed under the inferior turbinate surface in such a way that the electrode at the tip of the wire reacts with the electrolytes in the tissues to form sodium ion plasma in conjunction with special frequency and electricity voltage. This sodium ion formed coagulates vessels and the unwanted tissues are vaporized and thus reduced.

• Fracturing the Turbinate Outward Procedure: In this procedure, the free space under the inferior turbinate named inferior meatus is fractured. It results in lateral displacement and it is moved to a location out of the airway which makes the patient to breathe in ease.

In certain cases, combination of above procedures is used to perform Inferior Turbinate Surgery in order to correct the overactive or enlarged inferior turbinate.

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