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Endoscopic Septoplasty with Limited Two-line Resection: Minimally Invasive Surgery for Septal Deviation
Published on: June 20, 2018
[Clinical use of nasal airflow measurement in septoplasty]
1Department of Otolaryngology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan 430030.
Objective:
To discuss the clinical use of nasal airflow measurement in septoplasty.
Method:
After nasal decongestion, 21 patients's nasal airway resistance and nasal airflow were evaluated by anterior rhinomanometry before and after submucous resection of nasal septum.
Result:
The amount of nasal airflow asymmetry could show nasal respiratory function better than nasal airway resistance does, the patients with absolute amount of nasal airflow asymmetry greater than 50% had bad postoperative outcome, patients' satisfication with operation was significantly correlated with the presence of post-operative symmetrical nasal airflow.
Conclusion:
The amount of nasal airflow asymmetry can serve as an indicator of patient selection, outcome evaluation and prognosis in nasal septum deviation.
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