Competitive study of conventional septoplasty versus endoscopic septoplasty
Abstract
Objective: Traditional surgeries of the nasal septum improve the nasal airway but recent developments of endoscopic techniques have brought focus over several aspects of possible advantages over traditional techniques. These are due to better visualization and illumination, better accessibility and evaluation of exact pathology, the lesser need for unnecessary manipulation, resection and overexposure of the septal framework, and improving the scope for revision surgery if required later.
Materials and methods:A hundred cases of the deviated nasal septum (DNS) refractory to conservative medical treatment were divided into two groups and underwent corrective surgery for nasal septal deformity using both endoscopic and conventional techniques. These patients were divided into two groups who underwent septal surgery with two different techniques and the results were compared. All patients were followed up in the outpatient and were assessed for subjective improvement.Time taken for the study was four months.
Results:A hundred patients with deviated nasal septum were recruited into a study where the patients were divided into two groups, 50 cases in each group. Group I underwent conventional septoplasty while group II underwent an endoscopic septoplasty. The most prevalent complaint in the patients was nasal obstruction (88%), headache (60%), nasal discharge (54%) and sneezing (44%). The postoperative follow-up of the frequency of symptoms after surgery showed relive of nasal obstruction in 70% of cases of group I and in 92% of group II. However, the headache was relieved in 73% of cases of conventional septoplasty and 90% of cases of endoscopic septoplasty.
Conclusion: The clinical results of endoscopic septoplasty were found better as compared to conventional techniques with lesser complications and lesser periods of hospitalization.The use of endoscopic techniques offers lesser complications and lesser periods of hospitalization.
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