Age and Unplanned Postoperative Visits Predict Outcome after Septoplasty: A National Swedish Register Study

Table 2

Patient-rated relief of nasal symptoms six months after septoplasty or septoplasty + turbinoplasty. % (). values for trend. S = septoplasty, size of hospital where surgery was performed (university, county, district, other), unplanned visits within two weeks of surgery due to nasal pain, infection, or bleeding.

Nasal symptoms	worsened %	remain %	almost gone %	gone %	3 + 4 %	Total %
Mean age, years (SD)	36,3 (13.7)	36,3 (13.2)	39,0 (13.6)	41,4 (14.1)		39,1 (13.8)	<0.0001
All	3 (167)	21 (1254)	47 (2753)	29 (1691)	76	100 (5865)
Male	3 (127)	22 (987)	47 (2084)	28 (1250)	75	76 (4448)	0.007
Female	3 (40)	19 (267)	47 (669)	31 (441)	78	24 (1417)
Septoplasty	3 (124)	22 (926)	46 (1958)	29 (1225)	75	72 (4233)	0.4
S + turbinoplasty	3 (43)	20 (328)	49 (795)	28 (466)	77	28 (1632)
University hospital	3 (83)	24 (578)	50 (1223)	23 (550)	73	41 (2434)	<0.001
County hospital	2 (60)	19 (445)	44 (1030)	35 (815)	79	40 (2350)
District hospital	2 (18)	22 (189)	44 (381)	32 (273)	76	15 (861)
Other hospital	3 (6)	19 (42)	54 (119)	24 (53)	78	4 (220)
Unplanned visit	5 (42)	27 (204)	46 (341)	22 (162)	68	13 (749)	<0.001
No unplanned visit	3 (125)	20 (1050)	47 (2412)	30 (1529)	77	87 (5116)