Yakup Yeğin1, Mustafa Çelik2, İrem Erdem2, Ahmet Altıntaş3, Baver Maşallah Şimşek1, Burak Olgun2, Fatma Tülin Kayhan1

1Van Bölge Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Kulak Burun Boğaz Hastalıkları Kliniği, Van, Türkiye
2Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Kulak Burun Boğaz Kliniği, İstanbul, Türkiye
3Fatih Medikal Park Hastanesi, Kulak Burun Boğaz Bölümü, İstanbul, Türkiye

Keywords: Septoplasty; septum deviation; type 3.

Abstract

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the prevalence of the nasal septum deviation (NSD) types.

Patients and methods: Between January 2012 and June 2016, a total of 497 patients (317 males, 180 females; mean age 32.4±11.9 years; age range from 18 to 60 years) were included in the study. We used computed tomography to examine the prevalence of the NSD types.

Results: According to the NSD types, 226 patients (45.5%) were type 3, 81 patients (16.3%) were type 2, 77 patients (15.5%) were type 1, 41 patients (8.2%) were type 4, 35 patients (7.0%) were type 5, 20 patients (4.0%) were type 6 and 17 patients (3.4%) were type 7. The prevalence of NSD type 3 in female patients was significantly higher than that of male patients (p=0.023).

Conclusion: Preoperative determination of NSD types will guide the surgeon in surgical planning. Although there are different NSD type classifications, there is a need for new classifications of more relevant NSD types to help determine preoperative surgical methods.