[서울=뉴시스]A study showed that inferior turbinate surgery performed on patients with allergic rhinitis remains effective even after more than a year after the surgery and there are no serious complications. The photo is Professor Park Sang-cheol of the Department of Otolaryngology at Hallym University Gangnam Sacred Heart Hospital. (Photo = Provided by Hallym University Gangnam Sacred Heart Hospital) 2024.11.29. photo@newsis.com.
[서울=뉴시스] Reporter Baek Young-mi = Research results have shown that inferior turbinate surgery performed on patients with allergic rhinitis remains effective even more than a year after the surgery and there are no serious complications. In particular, symptoms such as nasal congestion and runny nose, which are the main symptoms of rhinitis, remained improved even more than three years after surgery.
The joint research team of Professor Park Sang-cheol of the Department of Otolaryngology at Hallym University Gangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Professor Kim Dong-gyu of the Department of ENT at Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, and Professor Kim Hyeon-jeong of the Korea University Evidence-Based Medicine Research Institute was the first in Korea to conduct a systematic literature review and meta-analysis on inferior turbinate surgery with support from the Korean Asthma and Allergy Society. The results of the study (a method of selecting, analyzing, and summarizing appropriate studies among several studies conducted on a specific topic) were announced on the 29th.
If patients with allergic rhinitis do not respond to drug treatment, surgical treatment is performed. Inferior turbinate surgery is a surgical method that reduces hypertrophy of the inferior turbinate, which is the main cause of nasal congestion, and is considered an effective rhinitis treatment surgery. However, not much research has been done on the long-term results of inferior turbinate surgery.
The research team analyzed data from 1,411 patients used in 18 papers.
As a result of the analysis, subjective symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, and itching, as well as objective indicators such as total nasal volume and nasal resistance significantly improved after inferior turbinate surgery. Additionally, the effect was found to be maintained for more than a year after surgery. In particular, it was confirmed that some follow-up data maintained improvement for more than 3 years.
Compared to before surgery, the weighted mean difference (WMD) of symptom scores one year after surgery was 4.60 for nasal congestion, 3.12 for runny nose, 2.64 for sneezing, and 0.16 for nasal resistance, which significantly reduced symptom scores.
On the other hand, the total nasal volume (WMD 0.96) increased significantly and rhinitis appeared to be improved. Even after follow-up for more than 3 years, symptoms of nasal congestion (WMD 5.18), runny nose (WMD 3.57), and sneezing (WMD 2.95) were improved, and no major complications were confirmed.
This study was recognized for its excellence and received the best presentation award at the ’73rd Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Allergology’ held in Kyoto, Japan from the 18th to the 20th of last month.
Professor Sang-cheol Park said, “Through this study, we were able to present important objective evidence to determine treatment methods for patients with allergic rhinitis.” He added, “Korean research was held in an international session attended by excellent researchers from Korea, China, Japan, and other countries. “It is even more meaningful to be recognized for its excellence, and we will continue to focus on research to improve the prognosis of patients with allergic rhinitis.”
The research results were published in the paper ‘Long-term effects of inferior turbinate surgery in patients with allergic rhinitis: Systematic literature review and meta-analysis’.
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