Int J Clin Pediatr

International Journal of Clinical Pediatrics, ISSN 1927-1255 print, 1927-1263 online, Open Access

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Original Article

Volume 1, Number 4-5, October 2012, pages 115-123

Middle Turbinate Evacuation Conchoplasty in Management of Contact-Point Rhinogenic Headache in Children

Figures

Figure 1. (a) Antero-inferior vertical mucosal incision using sickle knife; (b) Raising the medial and lateral mucoperiosteal flaps; (c) Dividing the bony concha into its lateral and medial laminae; (d) Extracting the medial and lateral bony laminae; (e) The final appearance of the debulked concha.

Figure 2. Progressive results for (a) mean pain intensity, (b) mean numbers of headache attacks/month and (c) mean duration of attacks, in the surgical groups

Figure 3. Progressive results for (a) mean pain intensity, (b) mean numbers of headache attacks/month and (c) mean duration of attacks, in the categories of cured, improved and unchanged patients in each surgical group.

Table

**Table 1.** Patent Profiles
Parameter	Evacuation group*	Lamellectomy group*
*n= 30 cases; SD = standard deviation; n = number; Bilat = bilateral; Unilat = unilateral; min = minutes
Age (years)
Range	9 - 16	10 - 15
Mean	13	12
SD	1.8	2.1
Sex (n)
Boys	18	16
Girls	12	14
Surgical procedures (n)
Total	40	39
Bilat	10	9
Duration of surgery (min)
Bilat concha
Range	60 - 110	55 - 100
Mean	70	65
SD	9	4
Unilat concha
Range	45 - 95	40 - 95
Mean	55	52
SD	7	8
Chronicity period (months)
Range	31 - 43	41 - 48
Mean	19	21
SD	6	7.5