Submucous turbinectomy combined with posterior nasal neurectomy in the management of severe allergic rhinitis: Clinical outcomes and local cytokine changes

Submucosal turbinectomy with posterior nasal neurectomy has remarkably improved subjective nasal symptoms in patients with severe allergic rhinitis on a long-term follow-up basis. The present study also demonstrates that the clinical effectiveness of the procedure is accompanied by decreases in local inflammatory cell infiltration and the related cytokine production.