Is turbinate surgery necessary when performing a septoplasty?

Septoplasty and concomitant inferior turbinate surgery to manipulate conchal bone and soft tissues are necessary for treatment of those patients with unilateral nasal septal deviation and compensatory hypertrophy of the contralateral inferior turbinate.

What happens after septoplasty and turbinate reduction?

Recovery from Septoplasty/Turbinate Surgery: You can expect fatigue, nasal stuffiness, and mild nasal drainage after your surgery. Pain is generally mild with this type of surgery and is typically well controlled with pain medications by mouth.

What is a septoplasty Submucous?

Background: Septoplasty with submucous resection of the inferior turbinate (SMRT) is a common correctional surgery performed in patients with deviated nasal septum resulting in nasal obstruction. Although complications are infrequent, studies examining long-term complications following septoplasty with SMRT are rare.

What is submucous resection of nasal septum?

A submucosal resection is a surgical procedure that rectifies a nasal septum that has been deviated. The operation is performed to eliminate unnecessary tissue from the nose’s filters, also called enlarged turbinates.

Does nose look different after turbinate reduction?

Turbinate reduction can ease breathing, resulting in better sleep, fewer headaches, and clear sinuses. While the turbinates are not seen and do not affect the shape of the nose, some patients who have trouble breathing and a deviated septum may also have enlarged turbinates that can be a contributing factor.

Does your nose look different after septoplasty and turbinate reduction?

Will a septoplasty change the shape of my nose? The answer to this question is “it depends”. In most cases where the septum is deviated inside the nose, with no external deviation, a septoplasty does not change the shape of the nose.

Is septoplasty a major surgery?

Minor pain and swelling may last a day or two and may be helped with approved over-the-counter medication. To minimize the minor side effects, patients can sleep with their head elevated. Septoplasty is a minor nose surgery that can achieve major results.