Clinical Study
Evaluation of the Nasal Surgical Questionnaire for Monitoring Results of Septoplasty
Table 2
Results of surgery. Pre- to postoperative change in day and night VAS scores for each level of perceived improvement in nasal breathing.
| Perceived
improvement | | Day VAS scores | | Night VAS scores | | Preop | Postop | Difference | Preop | Postop | Difference | | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
| | Complete | 8 | 57.8 (19.3) | 5.9 (5.1) | 51.9 (21.0) | 8 | 66.1 (21.6) | 8.4 (6.2) | 57.8 (22.1) | | Substantial | 34 | 60.9 (19.7) | 20.9 (16.5) | 39.9 (24.4) | 34 | 74.5 (19.4) | 24.2 (15.9) | 50.3 (23.3) | | Mild | 21 | 65.5 (17.4) | 44.3 (15.8) | 21.2 (16.2) | 19 | 76.7 (15.0) | 49.9 (18.6) | 27.2 (17.1) | | No | 11 | 69.5 (22.3) | 72.3 (19.8) | 2.7 (15.2) | 10 | 83.3 (16.7) | 76.4 (25.9) | 7.3 (13.6) | | Worse | 1 | 33.0 (—) | 47.0 (—) | 14.0 (—) | 1 | 88.0 (—) | 87.0 (—) | 1.0 (—) | | Total | 75 | 62.8 (19.6) | 33.8 (25.7) | 29.0 (27.0) | 72 | 75.6 (18.2) | 37.9 (27.9) | 38.4 (26.4) |
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