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Revision septoplasty: Review of sources of persistent nasal
obstruction
Samuel S. Becker, M.D, Eric J. Dobratz, M.D, Nicolas Stowell, M.D., Daniel Barker, BS, and
Stephen S. Park, M.D
‘ABSTRACT.
Patents with nal bstracin from spa deviation commonly under spoplty Yo improve nial sire, Some
patients fe fom persistent strution afer Ut primary spay and my underge 4 ran impo hi nal
Psgeony. Our ejective ws 1 ent ans who undeentreinseptpaty ad o ety thers of pren!rsel
(Methods: Patios who anders! seplplty st cur inetation been 195 and 2005 were reviewed, te is elt ot
demographics, comers ae esp, asactel end onan procures, url patch, and estos of traction,
Results Fie unre forty-seven patos met Incsion ere ncn 477 ho smdroen! primary spoplty nd 70 to
ndencnt eon surgery. Nine percent of romeo pln underent nal ae erry lng el Se promry epopiy
ers 4 of patents te rason group Fyne pret freon patent ha nual a suerye sn sugery. Paes ld
tndence! sas surgery log with rir seplplnty eres iyo wdago eon opp. tory ofa ama, trie
‘ep apes, of eotion end prormance of fer aria srgry dl afer te tod of rlaen spot.
{Concision: A signfcnt number of patients oho undergo resin staples als hase nasal oe cle We rece tht
akon tsp deviation and Infrae hypertrapy, nasal funtion bly exeluatd bore performing spot Ts
Tal helo ensues compete estanding of «pte naa iy ahtaction ad, comely, appropri and eee eg
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‘Key words: Natl obructon, nasal valve revision, seploplat, sep, surgery, urinal
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{nd continued spl devon, Some pure en Sa
Ter thn patents who do deg vison eptolay,
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incompletely teed sepia deviton, evetreton of he
‘Septum, iatrogenic weakening fit nasal suppor oF
masking of sch nas pathology ae nie bey
ervophy, nal valve cberction and allergen da
‘San Ale undeined in these pect ree physel Gu
Steric of thr persistent septal pecblen, well es any
redpsing factor that might have increased tha sk or
{ere of primary septopany. The purpose of eat was
to review our itu experience th patents undergo.
Ingrersionsptoplaty and ty ode the sure of ter
erst asl stay cetrucion
METHODS
‘Alter approval by the Human Investigation Comite, ll
patens with a Carent Procedural Tesminslogy code fr
Sepoplsty performed atthe Univers of Vig (UVAY,
Deparment of taryngology-Heed an Neck Surgery, be
Sura eprech forthe seploplany (sed, open ened
dot) tod wheter ay sia process wer fe
fered irs surgery or pity land aurpey) Agnes
‘Jly-Aucust 2008, Vol. 22, No. 4asl sicway procedures (inferior trbnate and rasa valve
) were aio documented. Operative notes were
“iewed forthe side sod eof anatomic deviation. Patients
ng evsonsepopany were dented and dats on
the ape at andthe Une between pinay and revision Suey
tre called. A simi set of anatomic and surgical data
Inet collec fo vison procedures, a had been collected
[or primary sepoplstien Statist analysis was performed
‘using chraguaed tet compare the percentages between
the fo groupe Patent age and time to revision was com-
ising Sets est. Logic repression analysis was
{eed for motivate analysis.
RESULTS
Five hundred forty-seven patents were identified, com-
prised of 214 (9%) female and 35 (61's) male paints. OF
‘hese 517 patents, 477 underwent primary septoplasty and 70
“underwent revision septoplasty. Forty-five (6%) patents Nad
1Tlagnoss of ebetructive ep apne, including 36) in
the primary group and 9 (198) inthe revision group. One
Funded nay G04) patents hada istry of acl tama
beloce ther Bt septoplasty, ncoding 158 (33%) inthe p=
Ihary group and 28 (4) nthe evision group (able 1). The
‘overall nen age for al 57 pants at septoplsty was 37
ets (9, 1s). The mean age of he 477 patient inthe non-
Tevison group was 58 (5D, 18) In the feviaion group, the
ean aga tel primary septoplasty was avallable for 5 of
{he 70 pent and was years (9D 13). The mean age ofthe
orevson patient athe tne of heir revision procedure wa
{years GD, 10, Fox patents who underwent revision sep-
toplty, the average ime between thee primary and revson
procedures was 65 yours (SD 9; Tale)
‘One handred seventy-four (30%) patents in the nonrevi=
sion group underwent endoscope Sinus surgery (ES) at the
fine of her septoplasty, compared with and 9 (17%) patents
Inthe revision group who underwent BS atthe tne oftheir
Primary septoplasty. Eighty-seven (18%) ofthe 47 pets in
Fee nonsevision group underwent slnoplsy atthe tine of
‘heir septoplarty compared with T4 QO) ofthe revision
‘Table 1 Demographics @ = 547)
Nevaf patients Primary Revision Taal
Primary a7
seplopasy
Revision n
septoplasty
Tota al su
septoplasty)
Gender (0. / percent)
Female primary 15.08)
Female revision 3148)
Female otal 2469)
comorbidities
Osa 366) 90) 5)
Facaltauma 1586) _82(46) 190035
5A = esate slay one.
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Tabled Age a surgery
Mean age at surgery forall 57601) SAF
patients
Mean age at surgery for 38(6D,14) 477
‘onrevsion patients
‘Mean age at surgery for
revision patients
Primary sepioplasty 2601) 6
Revision septoplasty 39(8D,14) 7
‘Time (ye) between primary 65(SD, 9) 6
tnd revision procedures
patents who underwent shinoplsy tthe ne of thes pri-
‘hay septoplasty, Seven (1%) af he 47 patients in the nor
‘evan group underwent surgery ofthe pitry land at
the tne of tele septopaay compared wit none of the
revision patients a the ine of te piary septoplasty. On
“iva analy pens who were >29 years old at the
tne of thar primary septoplasty were signfiantly (p<
Dn) les ly to underge revision surgery. Patients Who
Tunderyent ESS athe ie of hl pary surgery wer als
‘Sprcanty eee Wey to undergo revision surgery @ <
‘bts. Paes who Ind sulfered facial eauma before thelr
primary surgery were more Hkly to undergo revision sur
Bey = 0608) on univariate analysis Gender, obstructive
ip apne, thinopasy, and ptr surgery were not sig-
‘tat farsi patients who underwent Feision epio-
plasty. On multivariate analysis, age >29 years = O14;
‘dd rao [OR] = 0486) and 55 (p= 02: OR = 0725)
emained eign factors, whe trauma st ts significance
(p= 0512; OR = 138) Table3)
Because 25 ofthe 70 ptints who underwent revision
septoplasty had thee plnary septoplasty performed at the
Tabled Univariate analysis of factow
‘Primary Revision Value
No.0) __No. (Ct
Agesso ase) 20am