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<jats:sec><jats:title>Objective</jats:title><jats:p>Compare the microdebrider assisted partial inferior turbinectomy with the conventional turbinectomy in patients with inferior turbinate hypertrophy.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Method</jats:title><jats:p>Sixty patients with nasal obstruction and bilateral hypertrophied inferior turbinates were included.The patients were randomly assigned to receive microdebrider partial turbinectomy (n = 30) or conventional surgical turbinectomy (n = 30). Main outcome measures: operative time, blood loss, subjective improvement of the patients symptoms, and postoperative complications.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>The 2 groups were comparable in age and sex. The operative time and operative blood loss were less in the microdebrider group (<jats:italic>P</jats:italic> <. 001). Follow‐up visit after 3 months revealed improvement in 93.3% of the patients in the microdebrider group vs 96.7% in the surgical group (<jats:italic>P</jats:italic> >. 05). There was no difference in the incidence of postoperative complications between the 2 groups.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion</jats:title><jats:p>Partial turbinectomy with the microdebrider is as effective and safe as the conventional surgical turbinectomy with shorter operative time and minimal blood loss.</jats:p></jats:sec>