Volume : VII, Issue : III, March - 2017

Septoplasty in patients with allergic rhinitis. On subjective basis

Tabish Maqbool, Zafarullah Beigh

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 Introduction: To assess the effect of allergic rhinitis  on septoplasty outcome in terms of subjective measurements and to study whether patients with nasal septum deviation (NSD) and allergic rhinitis (AR) benefit from septoplasty to the same extent as patients who do not have allergic rhinitis. Materials and method: A prospective study, was done in 50 patients undergoing septoplasty from june 2016 to January 2017, in government medical college Srinagar. METHODS:                   Follow–up data were obtained from all subjects. All patients were assessed according to  the severity of their symptoms based on a Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) Scale prior to and following septo– plasty. Patients were divided into two groups depending upon only nasal septal deviation was present or both NSD with allergic symptoms were present. RESULTS: Following septoplasty, subjective improvement in eathing (decreased NOSE scores) was observed for both groups, the decrease being significantly more substantial in the NSD group. CONCLUSION:  Patients with allergic rhinitis and NSD  are more likely to be less satisfied after septoplasty compared to patients without allergic rhinitis. Adequate medical management of allergic rhinitis should be the first priority for these cases.

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TABISH MAQBOOL, ZAFARULLAH BEIGH, Septoplasty in patients with allergic rhinitis. On subjective basis, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾3 | March‾2017

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