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Somno, no septo, better way to go?

Posted by Sleepy Time Time on October 08, 2004 at 16:44:05:

MY ENT looked in my nose and said my septum is only partly deviated, and that my major obstruction is definitley my swollen turbinates plus a nasal polyp or two.

So I am thinking of just getting somno of the turbinates and then having the polyps removed to avoid getting "cut" and all that entails (including post-op issues)

Will an ENT just do somno of turbs and remove naasal polyps or are they more likely to push hard for the higher-$$$ approach of doing the full septo / turbinate resection?

and if I go this somno / polyp route, which do they do first? Polyp removal or somno? and how many appointments do they usually require to do the somno?

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