Abstract
Eighty-eight septoplasty patients were controlled with rhinomanometry 6 months after surgery and their subjective satisfaction was re-evaluated with a questionnaire 3–5 years after surgery. A slight but not statistically significant tendency for a decreasing level of subjective satisfaction was evident. The results show that patients whose nasal airways resistance was high preoperatively and patients who were normalized surgically were the most satisfied. The number of symptom-free patients was lower among those who were operated on with normal resistance, and in these cases it is suggested that the positive response is mainly a result of the spontaneous course of the chronic disease of nasal mucosa (e.g., allergic rhinitis), not a result of the operation. Preoperative rhinomanometry helps to select patients who benefit most from the surgery and thus, saves operative resources.
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