Turbinate surgery is an effective treatment for allergic rhinitis (AR) refractory to medical treatment.

 

However, the long-term outcomes of turbinate surgery are still unclear and have not yet been confirmed by a meta-analysis and systematic review of the literature.

 

We investigate the long-term outcomes and safety of turbinate surgery in AR by performing a meta-analysis.

 

MEDLINE, Embase, the Cochrane Library, and ClinicalTrials.gov were searched through April 2021.

 

Studies that analyzed turbinate surgery alone, had a follow-up period of more than 1 year, examined long-term efficacy of turbinate surgery, used current turbinate surgery methods, and were published in a peer-reviewed journal were included.

 

Full-text reviews were performed by 2 independent reviewers. Conflicts were resolved by a third reviewer.