Figure 9 a–d: Treatment of both hypertrophic inferior turbinates with the diode laser (Biolitec AG, Jena, Germany). Laser settings: 10 watt, continuous wave, laser fibre: 400 µm, treatment energy: 279.16 joules, treatment time: 28.05 secs.
a: right inferior turbinate preoperative; b: left inferior turbinate preoperative; c: right inferior turbinate at 6 weeks postoperative; d: left inferior turbinate at 6 weeks postoperative (Pictures courtesy Prof. Lindemann/ENT-Dept. Ulm University).