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Electrorhinomanometric evaluation of nasal functions in transseptal-transsphenoidal hypophysectomy
1Ege University, ENT Department, Talatpasa Bulvari no. 35-5, Alsancak, Izmir, Turkey. cembilgen@hotmail.com
Objective:
The prospective study in 23 patients, who were undergone transseptal-transsphenoidal hypophysectomy, underlines the rhinologic aspects of this technique.
Materials And Methods:
Preoperative and postoperative subjective complaints were compared, postoperative nasal respiratory functions were evaluated by means of electrohinomanometry.
Results:
Nasal respiratory functions were preserved postoperatively in the patients with normal preoperative nasal anatomy (no statistical difference); while, in patients with obstructive deviation of the nasal septum, an improvement in nasal respiratory functions were noted as a result of simultaneously performed septoplasty (p < 0.01).
Conclusion:
Our results emphasize the importance of the collaboration of otorhinolaryngology and neurosurgery teams for the sake of postoperative nasal functions.
