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turbinate bone - any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates

nasal concha - one of several turbinate bones in the nasal cavity

bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

nose, olfactory organ - the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals; "he has a cold in the nose"

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The medial mucosal flap was elevated from the turbinate bone followed by outfracturing of the inferior turbinate bone.

TOTAL INFERIOR TURBINECTOMY VERSUS INFERIOR TURBINOPLASTY--A COMPARATIVE STUDY

However it lacks the precision and causes recurrent nasal obstruction as the turbinate bone remains intact.

COMPARISON OF POST OPERATIVE NASAL PATENCY FOLLOWING SUBMUCOSAL DIATHERMY OF INFERIOR TURBINATE WITH MICRODEBRIDER-ASSISSTED TURBINOPLASTY

After submucous inferior turbinectomy is completed by totally removing the turbinate bone, the uncinate process is removed and then the ostium of the maxillary sinus is widely opened to obtain wide exposure and visualization of the posterior lateral nasal wall with a 0-degree endoscope.

Management of Intractable Nasal Hyperreactivity by Selective Resection of Posterior Nasal Nerve Branches

Under endoscopic control, a CelonProBreath application device (Olympus; Tokyo) was introduced submucosally without touching the inferior turbinate bone until the posterior end of the turbinate was reached.

Subjective and objective parameters in the evaluation of radiofrequency ablation of the inferior turbinate do not correlate: a pilot study

These include autogenous cartilage (septum, rib, auricular), bone (rib, iliac, cranial, mastoid) and fascia, turbinate bone, homograft (cartilage, bone, temporalis fascia, acellular dermis) heterologous and synthetic (Gore-tex, Medpore, silastic, proplast, polyamide mesh, Supramid, Mersilene,Vicryl).2-7 Heterograft material, such as bovine cartilage and bone, are used less frequently because of resorption.

Reconstruction of saddle nose deformity with calvarial bone graft