Somnoplasty for Chronic Nasal Obstruction
 

Has anyone ever gone through this procedure for swollen turbinates and did it work for you? I have nasal obstruction for the second time, and I'm thinking about using this method to "cure" it.

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I didn't have this procedure to reduce my turbinates, how does this method works? Btw, can I ask what was the method you had the first time you went to reduce your turbinates and how did a 2nd nasal obstruction occur? Does somnoplasty hurt as bad as the traditional method? :confused:

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I had my one of my right turbinate reduced as part of my sinus surgery. My surgery was very sucessful. And even with the packing in my nose, I could breath better out of my right nostril immediately.

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[QUOTE=sneezydiva]I had my one of my right turbinate reduced as part of my sinus surgery. My surgery was very sucessful. And even with the packing in my nose, I could breath better out of my right nostril immediately.[/QUOTE]

How did you manage to breathe thru those packings? I had to use my mouth! There just weren't any space for air to come out or in with the packings in both my noses... heez... :cool:

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:) LOL I don't know. I mean I could feel the packing in there but I could breathe through it somewhat, whereas before surgery that nostril was completely blocked

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LOL... maybe there are gaps or tubes running along the packing so you could breathe. I can feel that my right nose is starting to block a little again which I feel sad and disappointed about. I certainly don't want to go thru the surgery again. Let me know if you are going to have the somnoplasty and how it works. :angel:

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Just had the procedure one month back recovering quite well ... the process was a short one ... now breathing better than in the past when my nose was fully blocked >.<

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How does somnoplasty differ from regular endoscopic sinus surgery? Just curious here, as I don't know anything about it...

Thanks,
Inq

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im just guessing. i did have limited ess, though. my right maxillary sinus had a bit of mucus in it, so they had to clean it out. i think ess is just for unblocking/ cleaning out any infected sinus cavities. somnoplasty is specifically for the turbinates.