Preoperative Signs and Symptoms as Prognostic Markers in Nasal Septoplasty
Table 1
Preoperative, postoperative, and difference in mean VAS (SD) scores during day and at night for all patients and subgroups.
Preoperative VAS score
Postoperative VAS score
Improvement in VAS score
Day
All patients
63.62 (19.54)
27.04 (23.13)
36.58 (27.45)
0.001
Allergy status
Allergic
61.42 (17.49)
27.47 (20.54)
33.95 (24.58)
0.000
Nonallergic
63.36 (20.38)
24.05 (23.06)
39.31 (28.56)
0.000
Smoking status
Smokers
67.94 (18.54)
29.23 (21.80)
38.70 (26.71)
0.000
Nonsmokers
62.75 (19.64)
26.60 (23.42)
36.15 (27.63)
0.000
Sex
Males
63.24 (19.33)
27.57 (23.63)
35.66 (28.05)
0.000
Females
64.48 (20.08)
25.83 (22.09)
38.65 (26.08)
0.000
Age
<36
63.43 (18.42)
30.47 (23.90)
32.95 (26.27)
0.000
≥36 years
63.86 (20.95)
22.63 (21.51)
41.23 (28.33)
0.000
Night
All patients
75.84 (16.05)
33.75 (26.18)
42.09 (27.55)
0.002
Allergy status
73.18 (16.58)
34.71 (22.69)
38.46 (25.83)
0.000
Nonallergic
76.07 (15.72)
30.37 (27.55)
45.69 (27.15)
0.000
Smoking status
Smokers
78.15 (15.31)
35.17 (23.17)
42.97 (27.69)
0.000
Nonsmokers
75.39 (16.17)
33.46 (26.73)
41.92 (27.58)
0.000
Sex
Males
74.43 (15.96)
33.24 (25.84)
41.18 (27.75)
0.000
Females
79.05 (15.62)
34.88 (26.94)
44.16 (27.16)
0.000
Age
<36
74.73 (16.64)
36.64 (26.57)
38.08 (26.64)
0.000
≥36 years
77.28 (15.20)
30.02 (25.24)
47.26 (27.96)
0.000
. Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test (test comparing pre- and postoperative scores); ; (borderline significance), Mann-Whitney test for difference in improvement between the two groups.
