تقييم نتائج الكي الكيماوي لضخامة القرينات الانفية

A solution of silver nitrate of two concentrations 10% and 20% was used in the cautery of nasal hypertrophic turbinates to compare the efficiency in the two cases. The concentration 10% was performed on 45 patients, and 20% was also performed on 45 patients of both sexes, whose ages range between 15-50 years. A clinical follow -up of the patients was performed after 4 days, 10 days, 3 months, and 6 months of the cautery. The results obtained were as follows: 1. The use of silver nitrate solution in the chemical cautery of the nasal hypertrophic turbinates gave good results of efficiency especially for the concentration 20%. 2. Production of crusts, little bleeding, and adhesion with the nasal septum after the cautery happened at the rates: 33.33%, 22.22%, 14, 44%. 3. The average of recurrence after 6 months was 47.22% in the concentration 10%; whereas it was 35% in the concentration 20%.