Assessment of Quality of Life of Patients before and after Corrective Septal Surgery | Chapter 6 | Research Developments in Medicine and Medical Science Vol. 6

 Purpose: To study the influence of nasal septal surgeries in improving the Quality of growth of patients utilizing The Sino Nasal Outcome Test 22 (SNOT 22) questionnaire as an appraisal tool.Introduction: The most important cause of nasal impediment is septal deviation. Septoplasty is a usually performed surgical process by otorhinolaryngologists and is generally acted to improve characteristic of life.Methods: This was a potential, longitudnal comparative study done on 60 cases who sustained septal surgeries for the treatment of a indicative deviated nasal septum. Assessment of Quality of existence of patients was doneusing the SNOT (The Sino Nasal Outcome Test 22) inquiry which was likely to the patients to be suffused by them pre-operatively and on the make inquiries visit 3 months after enucleation. A comparative reasoning was done 'tween the pre and post-operative scoresof nasal, non-nasal and accepted symptoms. And results were statistically analyzed.Results: A statistically important improvement was eminent in all the nasal, non-nasal and inexact symptoms following healing septal surgery. The overall mean score for nasal manifestations came down from 4 to 0.5. The score for non-nasal manifestations came down from a pre-operative overall mean worth of 2.75 to 1. Also the overall mean value of the comprehensive health manifestation score reduced from 3 before enucleation to 0.8 post-operatively.Conclusion: A significant bettering was noted in the Quality of history of patients subsequently corrective septal surgeries. The Sino Nasal Outcome Test 22 questionnaire is an direct and reliable form for evaluating the impact of septal surgeries on nasal manifestations as well as comprehensive health and well-being of patients.

Author(s) Details:

Himani Lade,
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.

Akriti Sharma,
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, SGT Medical College, Hospital and Research Institute, Village Budhera, Gurugram, Haryana-122505, India.

Aakriti Chandra,
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, K.J. Somaiya Hospital and Research Centre, India.

Rohit Bhardwaj,
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Army College of Medical Sciences and Base Hospital, Delhi Cantt-10, India.

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