Analiza por ównawcza wyników leczenia zaburzeń drożności nosa z zastosowaniem septoplastyki i septokonchoplastyki

Publication date: May–June 2014 Source:Otolaryngologia Polska, Volume 68, Issue 3 Author(s): Jarosław Balcerzak, Izabela Łukawska, Antoni Grzanka, Kazimierz Niemczyk The nasal septal deviation coexistent with turbinate hypertrophy is considered one of the most common causes of nasal patency disorders. There is no doubt that septoplasty in most such cases is a proper treatment method. It is more difficult to clearly identify indications and predict the consequences of septoconchoplasty. The main aim of this study is to compare the impact of each of these procedures on subjective and objective measures of nasal patency. The authors retrospectively reviewed 132 medical records of patients treated in the Department of Otolaryngology, Medical University of Warsaw in the period from March 2012 to January 2013 due to nasal obstruction. Each patient had septoplasty or septoconchoplasty performed. Before treatment, each patient responded to questions in a standardized questionnaire SNOT 20. In addition, each patient was performed upon for anterior rhinomanometry before and after shrinking the nasal mucosa. Finally, the study involved a group of 30 people – 15 after septoplasty (group A) and the same number after septoconchoplasty (group B), who attended control examination carried out by the same scheme 6 weeks and 6 months after surgery. SNOT 20 poll was repeated 6 months after surgery. Analysis of the rhinomanometry results showed no statistically significant diffe...

Source: Otolaryngologia Polska - July 20, 2016 Category: ENT & OMF Source Type: research