Diode laser versus bipolar diathermy for turbinate reduction in cases of inferior turbinate hypertrophy

• Published in: Lasers in medical science 2022-02, Vol.37 (1), p.251-258
• Main Authors: Mohamed, Nasser Nagieb, Askar, Sherif Mohammad, Mohamed, Sally Salah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adult; Bone; Chi-square test; Dentistry; Diathermy; Headache; Humans; Hypertrophy; Hypertrophy - surgery; Lasers; Lasers, Semiconductor - therapeutic use; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Nasal Obstruction - surgery; Nose; Optical Devices; Optics; Original Article; Photonics; Quantum Optics; Semiconductor lasers; Statistical tests; Treatment Outcome; Turbinates - surgery; Young Adult
• ISSN: 0268-8921; 1435-604X
• DOI: 10.1007/s10103-020-03228-3

This study was designed to assess the surgical outcomes of two commonly used techniques for turbinate reduction (diode laser and bipolar diathermy) in selected group of patients with chronic nasal obstruction which resulted from inferior turbinate hypertrophy. The current study was conducted on adult patients with a diagnosis of inferior turbinate hypertrophy. 42 patients (21 in each group) with an age range of 21–38 years (mean = 26.0 ± 4.1) were included in this work and were randomly distributed in 2 groups: one group was scheduled for diode laser turbinectomy (DLT) while the other group was managed by bipolar diathermy (BDT). In DLT, the machine was on a continuous mode with intermittent loading, with laser energy level set to 6 W (0.3-s pulse, 0.1-s break). Pre- and postoperative assessments were statistically compared via tests from SPSS 19.0 (IBM, Chicago, Illinois; USA). Percentage of categorical variables were compared using the Chi-square ( χ 2 ) test. P