Abstract | INTRODUCTION: The aim of the work was to assess the treatment efficiency in patients with allergic and non-allergic vasomotor rhinitis after cryoablation procedures. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study covered 60 patients, including 32 women and 28 men, aged 18-66. The patients were divided into two groups: I - 30 patients with chronic allergic rhinitis, II - 30 patients with non-allergic vasomotor rhinitis. The study methodology involved: an otorhinolaryngological interview with a questionnaire and an allergological interview, an objective otolaryngological and rhinomanometrical examination with Homoth apparatus, a subjective evaluation questionnaire for nasal blockage intensification (the scale ranging from 0 to 10), skin tests to aeorallergens and food allergens (Allergopharma Co.), nasal endoscopy with a straight rigid Eleps endoscope before the treatment and 3 months following it. The cryoablation of nasal conchas was performed under local infiltration anesthesia (1% Xylokaina solution) using the Cryo-S apparatus from CryoFlex Poland Company and a flat probe in a spatula shape (L-50) that was placed on the outer surfaces of the inferior nasal concha. RESULTS: The inferior nasal concha cryoablation resulted in a statistically significant improvement in the subjective assessment scale in group I by 82.6% and group II by 141.2%. In the endoscopic examination 3 months following the cryoablation a good nasal patency was achieved in 63.3% patients from group I and 76.7% patients from group II. The conducted studies show a better nasal passages patency in patients with non- allergic rhinitis than in those with allergic rhinitis. CONCLUSIONS:
Cryoablation procedures on the inferior nasal conchas are not the primary therapy, but together with other methods they can immensely improve the life comfort of a rhinitis patient.
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Authors | Hanna Zielińska-Bliżniewska, Marcin Repetowski, Jarosław Miłoński, Jurek Olszewski |
Journal | Otolaryngologia polska = The Polish otolaryngology
(Otolaryngol Pol)
2011 Jul-Aug
Vol. 65
Issue 4
Pg. 276-80
ISSN: 0030-6657 [Print] Poland |
Vernacular Title | Porównawcza ocena wyników leczenia alergicznych i niealergicznych nieżytów nosa za pomocą kriochirurgii. |
PMID | 22000145
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, English Abstract, Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2011 Polish Otolaryngology Society. Published by Elsevier Urban & Partner (Poland). All rights reserved. |
Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Cryosurgery
(methods)
- Endoscopy
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Nasal Mucosa
(surgery)
- Poland
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial
(pathology, surgery)
- Rhinitis, Vasomotor
(pathology, surgery)
- Young Adult
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