Health Condition 1: null- GENERAL CONDITION FAIR
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Septoplasty: Septoplasty is the surgical correction of deviated nasal septum
Intervention2: Non surgical management: The medical management of DNS includes nasal decongestants, antihist
Sponsors
NIL
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients above 18 years of age with nasal obstruction due to DNS
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with a history of previous septal surgery 2. Septoplasty done for indications other than deviated nasal septum 3. Patients with a strong preference to surgery will be excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| We expect surgical correction of deviated nasal septum by septoplasty to improve the nasal obstruction better than non-surgical managementTimepoint: 1, 3, 6 months post treatment | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| We expect surgical correction of deviated nasal septum by septoplasty to improve the nasal obstruction better than non-surgical management both subjectively with peak nasal inspiratory flow and objectively with visual analogue scale , sino nasal outcome test-22, nasal obstruction symptom evaluation scalesTimepoint: 140 | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactGS DHARANYA
JIPMER
Outcome results
None listed