[Septum deviation and concomitant sinusitis].
It is generally assumed that there is a relation between nasal obstruction due to deformities of the nasal septum and disease of the paranasal sinuses. We investigated patients with septal deviation and rhinomanometrically determined nasal obstruction and checked the sinuses before septal surgery by radiography, ultrasonography, and endoscopy. The results of our investigation on 150 unselected patients during 1983 support the hypothesis. We found that non-invasive diagnostic methods, i.e. radiography and ultrasound were sufficiently reliable. Furthermore we found that more men are afflicted with deformities of the nasal septum than women. Nearly half of the number of patients needed therapy for the paranasal sinuses. Therefore preoperative diagnosis of sinusitis is essential before nasal septum surgery.
D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008365:Manometry; D008443:Maxillary Sinus; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014463:Ultrasonography
Septumdeviation und Begleitsinusitis.