Unilateral and Bilateral PNIF in Quality Control of Nasal Septal Surgery
| Autor: | Liv Kari Døsen, Knut Kvinnesland, Magnus TarAngen, Olga Shiryaeva, Caryl Gay, Rolf Haye |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Article Subject Visual analogue scale medicine.medical_treatment Clinical Sciences Nasal septoplasty lcsh:Surgery 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Clinical Research Nasal septum Medicine 030223 otorhinolaryngology Other Medical and Health Sciences business.industry Mean age General Medicine lcsh:RD1-811 lcsh:Otorhinolaryngology lcsh:RF1-547 Surgery Septoplasty medicine.anatomical_structure 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Peak Nasal Inspiratory Flow business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Otolaryngology International Journal of Otolaryngology, Vol 2018 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 1687-9201 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to explore the usefulness of unilateral, combined unilateral (left + right), and bilateral peak nasal inspiratory flow (PNIF) measurements in assessing the results of nasal septal surgery. Nasal obstruction was recorded subjectively and objectively before and 4 months after nasal septoplasty using a visual analogue scale (VAS) and a PNIF meter. Nasal septoplasty (58 patients) and septoplasty with turbinoplasty (68 patients) were performed on 126 patients (85 males; 41 females) with a mean age of 32.8 years. The results showed a significant improvement in VAS scores, as well as unilateral, combined unilateral, and bilateral PNIF values after both septoplasty and septoplasty with turbinoplasty. Septoplasty with turbinoplasty showed better improvement in VAS and PNIF scores than septoplasty alone and this was significant for bilateral PNIF scores. The best unilateral pre- and postoperative correlations between VAS and PNIF measurements were found using the lower of the two unilateral PNIF scores, irrespective of side. In the total material, VAS/PNIF correlations were mostly significant, but weak (all r |
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