Abstract
Using a contact Nd-YAG laser, we vaporized the pathological inferior turbinates of 24 patients with perennial allergic rhinitis and hypertrophic rhinitis resistant to medical treatment. The patients were 18 males and 6 females, aged 4.67 years. This operation was performed as one day out patient surgery in 20 of the 24 patients. About two weeks after the treatment, 18 out of 22 patients no longer needed anti-allergic or any other drugs. One month after the treatment, 13 out of 17 patients were in no need of any drugs. One patient had been under treatment for nine months. We conclude that contact Nd-YAG laser surgery is useful for the treatment of turbinate dysfunction in patients with perennial allergic rhinitis and hypertrophic rhinitis resistant to medical treatment.
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