Turbinate Surgery Cost in India

The cost of Turbinate Surgery in India typically ranges from $1,500 to $7,000 USD, depending on the hospital, city, and type of procedure.

Turbinate surgery reduces enlarged turbinates, the structures inside the nose that warm and humidify air. The cost depends on:

• Technique: radiofrequency, microdebrider, submucous resection or turbinectomy.
• Anaesthesia: local or general.
• Combined septoplasty
• Hospital

Changi General Hospital explains surgery is considered when the nose stays blocked despite steroid sprays. The turbinates play an important role, so surgeons aim to reduce them, not remove them.

Changi General Hospital describes:

• Radiofrequency or coblation: under local anaesthetic, under 10 minutes, effect builds over a month.
• Microdebrider: 15 to 20 minutes, with slightly more bleeding.
• Submucous resection: under general anaesthetic, packing for one to two days.
• Turbinectomy: most bleeding and risk of crusting.

Crusting and congestion are common for a few weeks. Saline rinses help healing.