IJSR International Journal of Scientific Research 2277 - 8179 Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research ijsr-7-8-16237 Original Research Paper A Comparative Study Between Partial Inferior Turbinectomy And Sub mucosal Diathermy In The Management Of long term Inferior Turbinate Hypertrophy in chronic nasal obstruction patients. DEVENDRA TIWARI Dr. August 2018 7 8 01 02 ABSTRACT

 Objective: Inferior turbinate hypertrophy leads to chronic nasal obstruction which causes significant morbidity. In our study, we aim to compare

the efficacy of two popular surgical techniques in the treatment of hypertrophy of inferior turbinates, namely partial inferior turbinectomy and
submucosal diathermy.
Methods – A prospective study involving 100 patients aged between 18–50yrs and who fulfilled the inclusion criteria was conducted. Patients were
sequentially grouped into two groups of 50 patients each, partial inferior turbinectomy was performed on one group and submucosal diathermy on
another. Subjective and objective assessments were made at 1 week, 1 month and 2 months post operatively.
Results: It was concluded in our study that early and better results were seen in patients who underwent partial inferior turbinectomy.