[Relation between deviation of the nasal septum and diseases of the paranasal sinuses]

In a group of 50 patients the author evaluates the relationship between deviation of the nasal septum and diseases of the paranasal sinuses. He confirmed a 3-4 times more frequent incidence of deviations of the nasal septum in men. The most frequent indication for resection of the nasal septum was difficult nasal breathing (90%). A pathological X-ray finding in the paranasal sinuses was most frequently homolateral with degenerated mucosa. Eleven patients with chronic sinusitis (X-ray finding) did not have operation a cyst in the maxillary sinus was detected twice and three times a polypously surgical treatment of the paranasal sinuses and 1 to 3 years after resection of the nasal septum X-ray examination in 8 patients a negative finding and only in 3 a positive fin deviation of the nasal septum. A positive X-ray finding was recorded in 18 patients, on ding on X-ray of the paranasal sinuses persisted.