CompletedNot Applicable

Inferior Turbinate Surgery in Rhinoseptoplasty: a Randomized Clinical Trial With Quality of Life Outcomes

Brazil50 participantsStarted 2010-12

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether inferior turbinate surgery during rhinoseptoplasty is effective in improving quality of life and acoustic rhinometry outcomes.

Who can participate

Age range16 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Older than 15 years old; * Nasal obstruction and nasal aesthetics complaints; Exclusion Criteria: * Previous septoplasty, turbinates intervention and/or rhinoplasty; * Association of other surgical procedures in the same surgical time, as functional endoscopic sinus surgery, blepharoplasty, mentoplasty or otoplasty; * Inferior turbinate hypertrophy as the isolated cause of nasal obstruction (no septum deviation or internal valve collapse)

What they're measuring

Nasal Obstructive Symptoms Evaluation Scale

Timeframe: 3 months postop

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01457638

SponsorHospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2011-10

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