Quality of Life Study About the Role of Turbinectomy in Rhinoseptoplasty

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre50 enrolled

Overview

Research Question: Performing partial turbinectomy associated with rhinoseptoplasty is responsible for an increase in quality of life related to nasal obstruction when compared to no intervention in rhinoseptoplasty inferior turbinate? * Population: patients eligible for functional rhinoseptoplasty and / or aesthetic * Intervention: surgery, turbinectomy of inferior turbinates * Comparison: the absence of intervention in inferior turbinates * Primary endpoint: Quality of life related to nasal obstruction

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Deviated Nasal Septum Nasal Septal Defect Nasal Septum, Irregular

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 6 MonthsMax age: 90 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Eligible patients to rhinoseptoplasty * Patients who agreed to participate Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of symptoms of nasal obstruction in the absence of septal deviation, poor support of the nasal tip or clamping of the nasal valve; * Presence of hypertrophic and obstructive inferior turbinates; * Presence of sinonasal tumors; * Patients undergoing treatment of other concomitant rhinoplasty entities such as inflammatory sinus pathology, adenoid hypertrophy, septal perforation, otoplasty and blepharoplasty.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Quality of life related to nasal obstruction

Quality of life will be evaluated by the WHOQOL-BREF instrument, that comprises 26 items, which measure the following broad domains: physical health, psychological health, social relationships, and environment.

Time frame: 3 months

Secondary Outcomes

Nasal sneezing

At 90 posoperative day patients were asked if they had nasal sneezing for more than one hour a day on most days, or not.

Time frame: 3 MONTHS

Nasal Rhinorrhea

At 90 posoperative day patients were asked if they had nasal rhinorrhea for more than one hour a day on most days, or not.

Time frame: 3 MONTHS

Nasal Pruritis

At 90 posoperative day patients were asked if they had nasal pruritis for more than one hour a day on most days, or not.

Time frame: 3 MONTHS

Allergic Conjunctivitis

At 90 posoperative day patients were asked if they had allergic conjunctivitis for more than one hour a day on most days, or not.

Time frame: 3 months

Topical Nasal Corticosteroids

At 90 posoperative day patients were asked if they were using topic nasal corticosteroids or not

Time frame: 3 MONTHS

Oral antihistamine

At 90 posoperative day patients were asked if they had used oral antihistamine in the past 30 days or not

Time frame: 3 months

Quality of Life Study About the Role of Turbinectomy in Rhinoseptoplasty

Overview

Conditions

Interventions

Eligibility

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Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes