Does minimally invasive surgery for rhinitis work?

Rhinitis can be treated with minimally invasive surgery. In clinical practice, some patients with rhinitis can consider minimally invasive surgery for rhinitis when the symptoms of nasal congestion and headache are not significantly relieved after using various nasal sprays, oral Chinese medicines, and rhinitis patches, which seriously affect the patient’s quality of life. Laser ablation is usually used to cauterize the patient’s enlarged inferior turbinates. The procedure can usually be done under local anesthesia and the patient will have relatively little pain, but it is impossible to feel nothing because it is not general anesthesia after all. Postoperative bleeding will also be minimal, and the nasal cavity will be filled or not depending on the situation. After the surgery, the patient may feel dryness in the nasal cavity, but it will slowly improve as the nasal mucosa recovers after the surgery.