Details of Turbinoplasty

Turbinoplasty involves a surgery to decrease the size of the swellings or turbinates that exist on the walls of the nasal passage.

• Nasal blockage
• Prolonged bouts of cough and cold
• Headache

• Physical examination
• Blood tests
• Imaging tests

During turbinoplasty, the surgeon typically makes use of a medical device called endoscope to view deep into the nasal passage and then reduces the size of the turbinates by either trimming their tissues or repositioning them. It is usually an outpatient procedure.

• Infection
• Blood clotting
• Deformation of nose