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‘Two-stage turbinectomy’: Sequestration of the inferior turbinate following submucosal diathermy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

H. O. L. Williams ,
E. W. Fisher  and
D. G. Golding-Wood
H. O. L. Williams*
Affiliation:
London
E. W. Fisher
Affiliation:
London
D. G. Golding-Wood
Affiliation:
London
*
Mr H. O. L. Williams, F.R.C.S., Department of Otolaryngology, St Bartholomews Hospital, West Smithfield, London EC1.
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Abstract

Submucous diathermy of the inferior turbinates is a widely practised procedure. Three cases are presented in which surgery was complicated by avascular necrosis of the turbinate bone. Each patient required a debridement procedure before healing and recovery of normal mucociliary function could take place.

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Main Articles
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 105 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 14 - 16
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1991

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