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Re: [helpsinuses] turbinectomy --- turbinate reduction

* - for turbinectomy see this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXkYFcqV5wM 
and read all comments about this video ,specially comments of(Ilikepeaches1 )
 
*- turbinectomy means cuts of turbinate (anterior,middle , inferior) to know about turbinate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbinate
 
*-coblation is  a  device for reduce tonsil or turbinate ,.. i don't know how to work
     see these videos
no one in this group has such surgery experiment(turbinectomy or turbinate reduction)???????
On 31/07/2008, JMBWE123@... <JMBWE123@...> wrote:

think i need surgery for that as well.
 
In a message dated 7/31/2008 1:43:47 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, asadi.mahdi@... writes:
hi to all , my doctor said to me you should take surgery( turbinectomy) but i' heard some patients get involved ens(empty nose syndrome )after this surgery, some other doctor said to me that he operate turbinate reduction by coblation   anybody in this group had such this surgery , is there any side effect (ens ,more breath problem , dryness,....)
thanks in advanced




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hi to all , my doctor said to me you should take surgery( turbinectomy) but i' heard some patients get involved ens(empty nose syndrome )after this surgery,...
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Jul 31, 2008
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Hi there, my goodness, I never heard of this procedure before (coblation) I looked it up on the internet & mostly what I found is for tonsils & for snoring but...
Mary Judkins
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Jul 31, 2008
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Can you explain a bit more what a turbinectomty is? I assume its making the turbinates smaller? does that help allergies too or specificly sinus problems, or...
Kate M
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Aug 1, 2008
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Hi folks! I'm an ENT doc based in Santa Rosa, CA, and I'm new to the group. For the last ten years, I've been writing patient advocacy articles (for ENT...
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Sep 3, 2008
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First of all, it's important to distinguish between turbinectomy (which suggests a near-total removal of the turbinate) with turbinate reduction, which is a...
douglasscotthoffman
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Sep 3, 2008
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Thanks very much for this information. It was most informative & much appreciated....
Mary Judkins
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Sep 3, 2008
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I've heard of it before, but I don't know anyone who has had it done. ... (coblation) ... & ... nose ... had...
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Aug 8, 2008
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For the last ten years, I've been using a radiofrequency device to treat snoring as well as enlarged turbinates. This is a different technology than coblation,...
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Sep 3, 2008
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I think he meant "oblation". I had that done with my uterus and now my periods are just a dot a month. IT'S AWESOME In a message dated 7/31/2008 11:15:46...
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Aug 1, 2008
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think i need surgery for that as well. In a message dated 7/31/2008 1:43:47 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, asadi.mahdi@... writes: hi to all , my doctor...
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Aug 1, 2008
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* - for turbinectomy see this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXkYFcqV5wM and read all comments about this video ,specially comments of(Ilikepeaches1) *-...
mahdi asadi
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Aug 2, 2008
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... I had this done...a COMPLETE turbinectomy...and I wish I had not! I now have a worsening (extreme) of asthma, and continuous sinus infection and pain from...
K. Port
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Aug 8, 2008
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Gee, I never had this total turbinectomy or any turbinectomy but I sure did have my frontals, sphenoids, & maxillaries & ethmoids operated on & more than once!...
Mary Judkins
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Aug 8, 2008
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... I had this done...a COMPLETE turbinectomy...and I wish I had not! I now have a worsening (extreme) of asthma, and continuous sinus infection and pain from...
K. Port
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