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- Title
Clinical outcomes of nasal septal surgery at high altitude.
- Authors
Dursun, Engin; Battal, Bilal
- Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the clinical outcome of nasal septal surgery at altitude of 2,200 m. The study is a retrospective medical record review. Medical records of 137 patients were investigated in this study; 105 of these patients received septoplasty procedure and 32 received septorhinoplasty procedure at altitude of 2,200 m. Improvement of nasal obstruction was found in 79.6% and no change was seen in 20.4% of the patients. Complications were seen in 30.7%. The most frequent complication was persistent nasal obstruction. Outcomes of nasal septal surgery at high altitude were similar with previous studies done at low altitudes. Although high-altitude environmental factors may result in a number of clinical conditions, high-altitude conditions does not make a significant difference in the outcome of nasal septal surgery.
- Subjects
NASAL septum; NASAL surgery; SURGERY; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; NOSE diseases
- Publication
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 2009, Vol 266, Issue 10, p1579
- ISSN
0937-4477
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00405-009-0992-x