Year: 1995 Vol. 61 Ed. 2 - (4º)
Artigos Originais
Pages: 112 to 113
Partial Turbinectomy Surgery with CO2 Laser: Report of Twenty-Nine Cases.
Author(s):
José Fernando Gobbo*,
Luís Miguel Chiriboga Arteta*,
Rosemeire Piffer Rodrigues**,
Josiane Aguiar de Andrade***.
Keywords: Lasers, laser surgery, otorhinolaryngologic surgery
Abstract:
This work relates twenty-nine cases of patients, of which seventeen are men and twelve womem, with age ranging from nine to twenty-seven years, who were submitted to partial turbinectomy in which lower turbinate bones were extracted by means of CO2, laser beam. Results highlight minimal post-operatory bleeding and point to the increasing role of out patient intervention under local anesthesia.
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