title: Nasal airway resistance and complications following functional septoplasty: a ten-year follow-up study.
abstract: Functional septoplasty was performed upon 63 patients to relief nasal obstruction due to septal deviation. The effect of the operation on pre-operative nasal airway resistance was assessed by anterior rhinomanometry at three months (63 patients) and 10 years (35 patients), post-operatively. The operation reduced nasal airway resistance in both the short-term (three months) and long-term (10 years) groups. At the late follow-up, inadequate results were found in six out of 37 patients examined. Two patients had septal perforations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bohlin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dahlqvist
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000403:Airway Resistance / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013997:Time Factors