Study Shows Medtronic Microdebrider Turbinoplasty Is a Significantly More Effective, Long-Term Treatment than Coblation Radiofrequency for Nasal Obstructions Medtronic announced that results of a study published in the February issue of the Laryngoscope were favorable toward the use of Medtronic's Straightshot M4 Microdebrider for powered inferior turbinoplasty. Written by Liu et al from Taipei Medical University, "Microdebrider-Assisted Versus Radiofrequency-Assisted Turbinoplasty," states that patients treated with Medtronic's microdebrider experienced significantly better long-term outcomes than those who received treatment with a Coblation radiofrequency device in what is the first three-year study directly comparing long-term efficacy of the two techniques. [more...]
