Results
A total of 42 patients with non-allergic rhinitis who underwent turbinoplasty were included in our study. The participants’ mean age in the LA group was 36.9 years ranging from 20 to 52 years and mean age of GA group was 39.1 ranging from 23 to 58 years. In GA group, we recorded one bleeding complication that required insertion of packing. Other respondents’ characteristics are shown in Table 1.
Median waiting time for surgery in LA group (median 2 weeks (range 1-5)) was significantly shorter than in GA group (median 18 weeks (range 8-35)) (<0.001). There was no difference in change of the NOSE scores after intervention between LA group (mean -34.5 (SD=-24.3)) and GA group (mean -32.8 (SD=-11.9)) (Table 2) (Figure 2).
In LA group, the proportion of patients who strongly agreed with question ‘Would you recommend turbinoplasty under local anaesthesia to your friend?’ was found to be 54.5% (n=12). There was no difference in pain scores at 1 hour after the surgery in LA vs GA group (mean 1.5 (SD=1.9) vs. mean 2.3 (SD=2.2)).