Indication of septoplasty
According to the American academy of otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, the clinical indicators for septoplasty surgery includes:
- Difficulty breathingdue to unilateral or bilateral nasal airway obstruction.
- Recurrent nasal bleedingdue to deviation of nasal septum and not responsive to medical treatment.
- Structural deformityto nasal structure which may interfere with other surgical interference in the nose.
- As a part of rhinoplasty surgery
- In cases of unusual persistent pain in the gums, teeth, and face, which can be treated only by applying local anesthesia to deviated nasal septum.
- Breathing difficultieswith absence of any other possible cause such as nasal polyps, tumor, or nasal turbinate hypertrophy.
Septoplasty surgery could be part of other surgical procedures such as: sinus ostium obstruction surgery, tumor excision, treatment of recurrent persistent epistaxis.
