Journal Reviews

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Septoplasty revisited

4 March 2024 | | Rhinology / Sinus | Complications, Conventional septoplasty, Endoscopic septoplasty, Follow-up, Quality of life, Traditional septoplasty

Septoplasty is one of the commonest rhinological surgeries performed. With the advent of minimally invasive surgical concepts, endoscopic targeted septoplasty was introduced. This study aimed to compare the complications and outcomes between endoscopic septoplasty and conventional septoplasty by a PRISMA...

Should we do septoplasty in young adults/adolescents?

1 July 2019 | | Head and Neck, Maxillofacial Surgery, Paediatric ENT, Rhinoplasty, Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery | Adolescence, adult, complications, deviation, nasal septum, re-deviation, septoplasty

Nasal obstruction is a common complaint in both children and adults in the outpatient department. Causes for obstruction include allergic rhinitis, septal deviation, turbinate hypertrophy and chronic sinusitis with or without nasal polyps. For symptomatic patients with moderate to severe...

Surgery for snoring

1 September 2017 | | Sleep-disordered breathing, snoring surgery, functional expansion pharyngoplasty, osteotomy, septoplasty, somnoplasty

The prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing is rapidly increasing. There is variable evidence for surgical treatments for snoring currently. This Belgian study was a retrospective review of 84 patients who underwent surgery for snoring between May 2011 and December 2015. A...

Comparison of outcomes after septoplasty

1 May 2017 | | Nasal septoplasty, SNOT, Allergic rhinitis, Snoring, Obstructive sleep apnea, Chronic rhinosinusitis

For this prospective study, the authors assessed the quality of life (QoL) with the rhinosinusitis SNOT-20 (Sino-Nasal Outcome Test-20) questionnaire and the symptoms on a visual analogue scale (VAS) in all patients undergoing nasal septal surgery. The patients reported the...

Back to basics: nasendoscopy beats CT, again!

1 May 2015 | | computed tomography, delivery of healthcare, deviated nasal septum, health policy, insurance, health, nasal surgical procedures, practice guidelines, septoplasty

There are few otolaryngologists (or patients) who have not been confronted with a computed tomography scan referring to a deviated septum. In a very similar way to the accidental findings of sinus mucosal thickening, the clinician is left in a...