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Does this turbinate reduction procedure look like a sub-mucous resection? (Photo)

sweetscienceNov 15, 2018
This surgery was named a turbinoplasty using a xomed shaver. No bone was removed but if resecting the soft tissue underneath how doesn't the bone get removed? Also is this a submucous resecion or is it closer to a patial turbinectomy (sectioning)?

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Answered on Oct 5, 2023
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