Nasal Obstruction, Rhinoplasty, Rhinoseptoplasty, Turbinate Surgery, Quality of Life
Conditions
Keywords
nasal obstruction, rhinoplasty, turbinate surgery, quality of life, acoustic rhinometry
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether inferior turbinate surgery during rhinoseptoplasty is effective in improving quality of life and acoustic rhinometry outcomes.
Interventions
PROCEDUREInferior turbinate surgery
During rhinoseptoplasty inferior turbinate submucosal cauterization is performed.
PROCEDURENo iInferior turbinate surgery
During rhinoseptoplasty no intervention is done in inferior turbinates
Sponsors
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
16 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Older than 15 years old; * Nasal obstruction and nasal aesthetics complaints;
Exclusion criteria
* Previous septoplasty, turbinates intervention and/or rhinoplasty; * Association of other surgical procedures in the same surgical time, as functional endoscopic sinus surgery, blepharoplasty, mentoplasty or otoplasty; * Inferior turbinate hypertrophy as the isolated cause of nasal obstruction (no septum deviation or internal valve collapse)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nasal Obstructive Symptoms Evaluation Scale | 3 months postop | Specif instrument for evaluation of quality of life related to nasal obstruction |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) | 3 months postop | quality of life instrument |
| Rhinoplasty Outcomes Evaluation | 3 months postop | quality of life for rhinoplasty patients |
| Allergic Conjunctivitis | 3 months postop | At 90 posoperative day patients were asked if they had allergic conjunctivitis for more than one hour a day on most days, or not. |
| Nasal Rhinorrea | 3 months postop | At 90 posoperative day patients were asked if they had nasal rhinorrea for more than one hour a day on most days, or not. |
| Acoustic Rhinometry | 3 months post-op | — |
| Nasal Sneeze | 3 months postop | At 90 posoperative day patients were asked if they had nasal sneeze for more than one hour a day on most days, or not. |
| Topic nasal corticosteroid | 3 months | At 90 posoperative day patients were asked if they were using topic nasal corticosteroid or not. |
| Oral antihistamine | 3 months | At 90 posoperative day patients were asked if they had used oral antihistamine in the past 30 days or not |
| Nasal pruritis | 3 months posopt | At 90 posoperative day patients were asked if they had nasal pruritis for more than one hour a day on most days, or not. |
Countries
Brazil
Outcome results
None listed