The complications of laser surgery for the treatment of chronic vasomotor rhinitis
Timoshenko, P.A.; Darvish, M.S.; Rodin, V.V.
Vestnik Otorinolaringologii 1: 88-89
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4668 PMID: 23528475 Document Number: 665123
The objective of the present study was to reveal cases of complications developing after laser coagulation of inferior turbinated bones. This treatment was given to 322 patients presenting with vasomotor rhinitis. A surgical ND:YAG laser with a quartz light guide 400 mcm in diameter was used for the purpose. In the majority of the cases, a single irradiation session produced a persistent positive effect, both functional and morphological. At the same time, two patients developed an unusual complication in the form of osteomyelitis of an inferior turbinated bone with its sequestration.