Surgical treatment of nasal polyposis: A comparison between cutting forceps and microdebrider.

CONCLUSION: The manual instrument allowed for a significantly lower recurrence incidence but yielded a higher rate of synechia formation compared with the microdebrider. Only asthma was significantly associated with a poorer clinical outcome, and gender, age, allergy, and eosinophilia did not affect the surgical prognosis.
PMID: 24274215 [PubMed - in process]

Source: American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy - November 1, 2013 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Tirelli G, Gatto A, Spinato G, Tofanelli M Tags: Am J Rhinol Allergy Source Type: research