Complications Are Rare From Middle Turbinate Resection: A Prospective Case Series

Steven Pinther; Robert Deeb; Edward L Peterson; Robert T Standring; John R Craig

doi:10.1177/1945892419860299

Complications Are Rare From Middle Turbinate Resection: A Prospective Case Series

Am J Rhinol Allergy. 2019 Nov;33(6):657-664. doi: 10.1177/1945892419860299. Epub 2019 Jul 4.

Authors

Steven Pinther¹, Robert Deeb², Edward L Peterson³, Robert T Standring⁴, John R Craig²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology, Ascension Health, Detroit, Michigan.
² Department of Otolaryngology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan.
³ Department of Public Health Services, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan.
⁴ Ascension Providence Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.

PMID: 31272198
DOI: 10.1177/1945892419860299

No abstract available

Keywords: 22-item Sinonasal Outcome Test; cerebrospinal fluid leak; chronic rhinosinusitis; endoscopic sinus surgery; epistaxis; frontal sinus stenosis; frontal sinusotomy; middle turbinate resection; nasal polyposis; sinus surgery complications.

Publication types

Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak / epidemiology*
Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak / etiology
Chronic Disease
Constriction, Pathologic / epidemiology*
Constriction, Pathologic / etiology
Endoscopy*
Epistaxis / epidemiology*
Epistaxis / etiology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Incidence
Male
Nasal Polyps / epidemiology
Nasal Polyps / surgery*
Postoperative Complications / epidemiology*
Prospective Studies
Rhinitis / epidemiology
Rhinitis / surgery*
Sinusitis / epidemiology
Sinusitis / surgery*
Turbinates / surgery*
United States / epidemiology