Abstract
Objective: To determine surgical outcome of septoplasty at a tertiary care hospital.
Material and methods: This descriptive study was conducted at the departments of ENT, Head, Neck Surgery Postgraduate Medical Institute (PGMI) Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar from March 2008 to Feb. 2009, with a total duration of one year. The patients of both sex and with age 10 to 30 years were included in the study while those who had previous intervention or refused surgery were excluded. After thorough evaluation of the patient informed consent was taken and septoplasty was performed in all cases and the data was analyzed using SPSS version 11.
Results: This study included 85 cases constituting 56 male and 29 female, with male: female ratio of 1.9:1. The age of the patients ranged from 10-50 years with mean age of 31.74 +/- S.D 11.74 years. The clinical features of these patients were mainly nasal obstruction. Septoplasty was performed in all cases. Among these patients 74 cases (87.05%) were fully satisfied from surgery. All the patients were followed up to 6months on monthly basis and no significant complication was found.
Conclusion: It is concluded from this study that septoplasty is the best surgical procedure for relief of nasal obstruction, if it is not cured with medication.