Volumetric osteoconchoplasty method

Abstract

Introduction.Pathology of the inferior turbinates (IT) was found in 76.1% of patients with difficulty in nasal breathing. If nasal breathing cannot be restored with conservative measures, surgical intervention becomes the method of choice.Materials and methods.Under local infiltration anesthesia, the IT is fractured and retracted medially (medialization). In the anterior section of the HHP, a vertical incision 0.5 cm long to the bone is made, through which the mucosa is peeled off from the bone base of the concha with a raspator-suction and a small tunnel from 2 to 3 cm long is created. shell surfaces and a small area of the mucosa of the lateral surface of the IT and the lateral wall of the nasal cavity. After insertion into the created tunnel of the required size of the "spreader-implant" plate, treated with a thin layer of LTK glue, the shell is slightly pressed with a self-inflating latex-foam rubber swab introduced into the IT for 10–15 minutes. At the end of the operation, after removing the tampon, the edges of the incision are processed with LTK glue.Results.The results of the study demonstrate the effectiveness of the developed method for the rapid restoration of nasal breathing after rhinosurgical interventions. We use this technique in the overwhelming majority of cases of fibrous and bone forms of IT hypertrophy. In cases of the cavernous form, we perform a submucous conchotomy with a shaver, which makes it possible to very accurately remove exactly that part of the concha that violates the patency of the nasal cavity. In all cases, we consider it compulsory to carry out the IT lateroposition according to our method, which significantly improves the result of the operation. The surface of the shell remains completely covered with mucosa and as a result of matching the edges of the incision, the wound surface is absent. At the same time, after the operation, the shell remains full anatomically and functionally, i.e. consists of the bone skeleton and the corresponding volume of soft tissues.Conclusion.The question of how to predict in the long-term postoperative period the normal size of the modeled IT, apparently, is currently not answered even by highly qualified rhinosurgeons. In this regard, there remains a need to search for new technologies for treating patients with chronic hypertrophic rhinitis.