Health Condition 1: J342- Deviated nasal septum
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with symptomatic deviated nasal septum, anterior as well as posterior deviation of septum, with no radiographic evidence of sinusitis, with associated allergic rhinitis adequately controlled by medical management, with associated turbinate hypertrophy
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients below 18 years of age, patients with mild asymptomatic deviated nasal septum, with sinus disease involving 2 or more paranasal sinuses, with radiographic evidence of sinusitis, with caudal dislocation of septum, undergoing revision surgery, with vasomotor rhinitis and nasal polyps, with allergic rhinitis not adequately controlled by medical management, those undergoing septorhinoplasty
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement of nasal symptoms following septoturbinoplasty based on subjective NOSE questionnaire data collected pre and post operatively and data collected through diagnostic nasal endoscopy, pre and post operatively, analysed using Lund-Kennedy scoring system.Timepoint: Follow up period of each study subject will be 1 and 3 months (as per standard of care). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| % of intraoperative and postoperative complications in endoscopic versus conventional septoturbinoplasty groupsTimepoint: Follow up period of each study subject will be 1 and 3 months (as per standard of care) | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal