Unilateral and Bilateral PNIF in Quality Control of Nasal Septal Surgery
Table 1
PNIF and VAS preoperative, postoperative, and change scores for septoplasty, septoplasty with turbinoplasty, and the total sample.
Measure
N
Preoperative
Postoperative
Change
p value
Septoplasty only
VAS day
58
62.34 (22.15)
21.40 (19.77)
40.95 (26.78)
<0.001
PNIF right
58
63.88 (37.10)
90.10 (32.42)
26.21 (33.03)
<0.001
PNIF left
58
68.02 (37.71)
87.93 (35.85)
19.91 (32.99)
<0.001
PNIF right+left
58
131.90 (50.98)
178.02 (62.41)
46.12 (43.33)
<0.001
PNIF bilateral
53
107.92 (35.98)
132.74 (37.65)
24.81 (28.10)
<0.001
Septoplasty with turbinoplasty
VAS day
68
63.18(22.15)
20.15( (17.64)
43.03 (23.00)
<0.001
PNIF right
68
57.72 (32.79)
90.66 (40.32)
32.94 (36.45)
<0.001
PNIF left
68
62.35 (29.53)
88.31 (37.495)
25.96 (26.15)
<0.001
PNIF right+left
68
120.07 (44.08)
178.97 (70.34)
58.90 (49.00)
<0.001
PNIF bilateral
63
104.21 (39.65)
144.60 (47.660)
40.40 (34.65)
<0.001
Total sample (Septoplasty and Septoplasty with turbinoplasty combined)
VAS day
126
62.37 (21.64)
20.61 (18.64)
41.75 (25.29)
<0.001
PNIF right
126
61.83 (33.92)
91.03 (37.77)
29.21 (34.35)
<0.001
PNIF left
126
65.71 (32.95)
88.41 (36.78)
22.70 (29.52)
<0.001
PNIF right+left
126
127.54 (46.85)
179.44 (67.21)
51.90 (46.91)
<0.001
PNIF bilateral
116
106.21 (38.11)
139.44 (43.84)
33.23 (32.61)
<0.001
VAS change = Preoperative score – Postoperative score; PNIF Change = Postoperative score – Preoperative score. A total of 10 patients (5 for each type of surgery) did not have postoperative bilateral PNIF measurements, resulting in lower sample sizes for these analyses.
