Abstract:Objective To systematically evaluate the value of modified nasal septum suture in the correction of nasal septum deviation.Methods Eighty patients with deviation of nasal septum were randomly divided into packing group and suture group with 40 cases in each group. The postoperative symptoms of the two groups were compared by the Visual analogue scale(VAS), including the postoperative dysphagia, nasal pain, headache, epiphora, ear suffocation and sleep difficulty. The incidence of postoperative complications such as hematoma, nasal cavity adhesion, nasal septum perforation and local infection was also compared.Results The VAS of dysphagia, nasal pain, headache, ear tightness and sleep difficulty in the packing group were higher than those in the suture group 24 hours post-operation (t=14.14、21.54、18.60、28.58、23.00,P<0.05). The pain score in the packing group was significantly higher than that in the suture group 48h after nasal cavity cleaning(t=26.80,P<0.05). In addition, there were 4 cases of septal hematoma, 2 cases of nasal cavity adhesion in the stuffing group, while only 1 case of septal hematoma in the suture group. The incidence of postoperative complications between the two groups was statistically significant (χ2=3.91,P<0.05). Conclusion The application of modified nasal septum suture technology during the correction of nasal septum deviation can obviously reduce the postoperative discomfort symptoms and reduce the incidence of complications, which is worthy of clinical application.
