Research Article

Preoperative Signs and Symptoms as Prognostic Markers in Nasal Septoplasty

Table 2

Preoperative, postoperative, and difference in VAS scores (SD) for patients with unilateral versus bilateral septal deviation.

DeviationPreoperative
VAS score
Postoperative
VAS score
Improvement
in VAS score

Day
Unilateral63.91 (19.68)25.88 (22.39)38.39 (26.34)
Bilateral61.84 (19.10)31.70 (25.24)30.33 (30.41)
value0.320.09
Night
Unilateral77.25 (15.58)33.57 (26.46)43.63 (26.99)
Bilateral71.55 (16.90)34.60 (25.25)36.77 (29.04)
value0.610.09

value < 0.05, Mann-Whitney test.