Patients with allergic rhinitis benefit from turbinate surgery: JAMA
KOREA: In allergic rhinitis, turbinate surgery was linked to successful outcomes that persisted over an extended period of time. According to a study published in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, the rate of complications was also low.
When medical treatment for allergic rhinitis (AR) fails, turbinectomy surgery is an effective option. However, a meta-analysis and comprehensive assessment of the literature have not yet been able to establish the long-term effects of turbinate surgery.
The authors sought to conduct a meta-analysis to examine the long-term effects and safety of turbinate surgery in AR.
For this purpose, studies that focused solely on turbinate surgery, used current turbinate surgical techniques, had follow-up periods longer than a year, and were published in peer-reviewed journals were all included. 18 papers with 1411 patients were included from the 3962 citations found. Two independent reviewers conducted full-text analyses. A third reviewer was employed to resolve disagreements. In a random-effects model, weighted mean difference (WMD) was synthesized using retrieved descriptive and quantitative data. The I2 metric and the Q statistic were both used to evaluate heterogeneity. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) reporting criteria were followed for conducting this study.
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