Research Article
Unilateral and Bilateral PNIF in Quality Control of Nasal Septal Surgery
Table 3
Correlations between VAS and PNIF scores pre- and postoperatively and the change from pre- to postoperative measurements.
| Correlations with VAS: | Preoperative | Postoperative | Change | r | p-value | r | p-value | r | p-value |
| PNIF right | -0.255 | 0.004 | -0.264 | 0.003 | 0.183 | 0.041 |
| PNIF left | -0.098 | 0.273 | -0.266 | 0.003 | 0.030 | 0.743 |
| PNIF right+left | -0.254 | 0.004 | -0.291 | 0.001 | 0.152 | 0.089 |
| PNIF bilateral | -0.276 | 0.002 | -0.282 | 0.002 | 0.207 | 0.026 |
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