1PG resident, Deptt. of ENT, HNS, SMHS Hospital Srinagar Kashmir, India
2Senior Resident, Deptt. of ENT, HNS, SMHS Hospital Srinagar Kashmir, India
3H.O.D., Deptt. of ENT, HNS, GMC, Srinagar
4Assistant Professor, Social and Preventive Medicine, GMC, Srinagar
5Lecturer, Social and Preventive Medicine, GMC, Srinagar
Online published on 26 February, 2015.
Nasal obstruction is a common complaint in the population. When caused by a deviated nasal septum, septoplasty is the procedure of choice for treating these patients. NOSE is a tool for assessing the disease-specific quality of life related to nasal obstruction.
To assess the impact of septoplasty on patients with nasal obstruction secondary to deviated nasal septum based on the disease-specific quality-of-life questionnaire.
Prospective study
Patients undergoing septoplasty with or without turbinectomy after no clinical improvement with medical treatment were assessed by the NOSE questionnaire before and after three months of surgery. We evaluated the surgical improvement based on total score, the magnitude of the surgery in the disease-specific quality of life and the correlation between the preoperative score and postoperatively improvement.
Forty-six patients were included in the study. There was a statistically significant improvement in the preoperative NOSE score (md = 15, IQR = 3) and after three months (md =3, IQR = 2) (p < 0.001.T-Wilcoxon). We found a strong correlation between the preoperative score in the NOSE questionnaire and improvements in the postoperative period (r = 0.0843, p < 0.001, Spearman).
Septoplasty resulted in a statistically significant improvement in the disease specific QOL questionnaire.
Nasal obstruction, Nose score, Septoplasty, Quality of life
