Safety and efficacy of superior turbinate biopsies as a source of olfactory epithelium appropriate for morphological analysis.
Ellen Cristine Duarte GarciaAna Carolina RossaneisAlexandre Salvatore PipinoGustavo Vasconcelos GomesFábio de Rezende PinnaRichard Louis VoegelsRichard L DotyWaldiceu Aparecido VerriMarco Aurélio FornazieriPublished in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2019)
Biopsies of the lower half of the superior turbinate do not affect olfactory function and show strong efficacy in yielding OE tissue and moderate efficacy for yielding tissue appropriate for morphological analysis. Future studies are needed to assess the safety of this procedure in other OE regions.
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