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Nasal septal surgery: is routine follow-up necessary?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

P. Murthy  and
W. S. Mckerrow
P. Murthy*
Affiliation:
Department of ENT, Raigmore Hospital NHS Trust, Inverness.
W. S. Mckerrow
Affiliation:
Department of ENT, Raigmore Hospital NHS Trust, Inverness.
*
Address for correspondence: Mr P. Murthy, F.R.C.S., Department of ENT, Raigmore Hospital NHS Trust, Perth Road, Inverness IV2 3UJ.
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Abstract

An audit project was undertaken to appraise the outcome of 95 cases of septal surgery over a 12-month period, taking into account the subjective alteration of symptoms, appearances at anterior rhinoscopy and complications. Seventy-three patients (76.8 per cent) attended the follow-up clinic three to six months (median four months) after surgery. There was an improvement in short-term nasal breathing and in the clinical appearance of the septum in 84.9 and 96.9 per cent respectively; a complication rate of 10.9 per cent and an overall satisfaction rate of 81.3 per cent were also noted. These results support those of other reported series and suggest that routine follow-up of uncomplicated cases of septal surgery is unnecessary.

Keywords

Nasal septumsurgeryPost-operative complicationsFollow-up studies
Type
Audit Articles
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 109 , Issue 4 , April 1995 , pp. 320 - 323
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1995

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