Septoturbinoplasty- What Does This Term Mean?

Thank you for your question. The terms septoplasty, and turbinectomy are more often used then combining the 2 terms into 1 term.The septoplasty is revision of your nasal septum and turbinectomy refers to resection of part of the inferior turbinate inside your nose both done to improve airflow through your nasal passages.

Septoturbinoplasty is a surgical procedure to correct a deviated nasal septum and enlarged turbinates. Your turbinates are organs in your nose that filter and humidify the air you breathe. When they're too large, turbinates may obstruct your breathing. Your septum is the wall inside your nose that separates your right and left nasal passages: when this is crooked or deviated, you may have obstructed breathing.

I refer to this procedure as: septoplasty and turbinate reduction surgery. If a portion of turbinate is removed from your nose, rather than reduced, it may be called turbinectomy surgery.

Hope this helps.

Dr. Joseph

Septo-turbinoplasty is a term referring to performing both a septoplasty (to straighten the nasal septum) and turbinate reduction. The turbinate reduction can involve outfracture, trimmining, submucosally resecting, or radiofrequency ablating them.