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  • Allergy Immunology

Background:

  • Medical therapy for chronic rhinitis is effective for most patients, but a significant portion experience treatment failure.
  • Severe persistent allergic rhinitis may necessitate surgical intervention, with recent advancements improving safety and efficacy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the current landscape of surgical interventions for refractory chronic rhinitis.
  • To highlight the limitations in evidence and the absence of a treatment gold standard.

Main Methods:

  • Review of current surgical techniques and technologies for chronic rhinitis.
  • Discussion of factors influencing surgical approach, including patient anatomy and disease severity.

Main Results:

  • Surgical advancements have enhanced safety and effectiveness for severe allergic rhinitis.
  • Limited large-scale prospective trials exist for surgical treatments.
  • No studies have directly compared immunotherapy with surgical interventions.

Conclusions:

  • There is no definitive guideline for surgical intervention timing after medical therapy failure in refractory rhinitis.
  • Treatment decisions for refractory rhinitis require individualized assessment of patient factors.
  • Further research, including comparative trials, is needed to establish treatment standards.