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Study Year LOE Study design Study groups Clinical endpoint Conclusion

Symptoms per VAS Statistically significant reductions were noted in obstruction, rhinorrhea, sneezing, and itching. Rhinomanometry, VAS, PRQLQ All improved per PRQLQ.

Questionnaires and VAS 21 of 22 showed improved symptoms at 8 weeks.

Lin et al. 1562 2010 4 Case series AR patients undergoing IT radiofrequency turbinoplasty

Siméon et al. 1563 2010 4 Case series Children with AR undergoing IT coblation turbinoplasty

Li et al. 1561 1998 4 Case series AR patients undergoing IT radiofrequency turbinoplasty

AR = allergic rhinitis = CT = computed tomography; IgA = immunoglobulin A; IT = inferior turbinate; LOE = level of evidence; NOSE = Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation score; PRQLQ = Pediatric Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire; QOL = quality of life; RCT = randomized controlled trial; SR = systematic review; VAS = visual analog scale.

Int Forum Allergy Rhinol . Author manuscript; available in PMC 2020 June 10.