Assessing the Clinical Value of Performing CT Scan before Rhinoplasty Surgery

Table 3

Outcome measure changes during study.

Characteristic	Preoperation	Postoperation	value^a	F value^b	value^b
NOSE, mean ± std. deviation
CT	10.19 ± 9.74	2.11 ± 3.78	<0.001	4.303	0.017
Endoscopy	10.86 ± 10.07	5.65 ± 5.89	0.001
Control	9 ± 7.77	5.40 ± 4.54	0.003
ROE, mean ± std. deviation
CT	42.62 ± 9.81	90.22 ± 6.65	<0.001	3.919	0.024
Endoscopy	37.86 ± 10.64	84.96 ± 9.95	<0.001
Control	40.00 ± 13.39	83.99 ± 8.89	<0.001
VAS, mean ± std. deviation
CT	2.30 ± 2.01	0.34 ± .71	<0.001	3.325	0.042
Endoscopy	1.65 ± 1.96	0.56 ± 1.11	0.007
Control	1.96 ± 1.97	1.04 ± 1.07	0.001

^aPaired samples test, ^bANOVA. NOSE: nasal obstruction symptom evaluation scale; ROE: rhinoplasty outcome evaluation; VAS: visual analogue scale.