Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Including Nasal Breathing Improvement After Functional Rhinoplasty Using Endonasal Septal Extension Grafting

Abstract

Objective:

To measure the change perceived by patients after endonasal rhinoplasty using a, septal extension graft (SEG), as measured by patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs).

Methods:

A retrospective review of patients with nasal obstruction underwent septoplasty, turbinoplasty, and SEG. PROMs were assessed to compare operative outcomes for breathing (Nose Obstruction Symptom Evaluation [NOSE], Sinonasal Outcome Test [SNOT]-22, Standardized Cosmesis and Health Nasal Outcomes Survey [SCHNOS]), and sleep quality (Epworth Sleepiness Scale [ESS])

Results:

Of the 34 patients undergoing rhinoplasty with Endonasal SEG, the median patient age was 38.3 years (range 17–58) and mostly male (n = 18, 52.9%). Additional procedures performed on the patients included septoplasty (n = 34, 100%) and turbinate reduction (n = 34, 100%). Average follow-up was 126.6 days (range 28–573) for a majority of PROMs. There were no complications. The average change in NOSE score was 71.5 and −49.4 (standard deviation [SD] = 19.0, p < 0.001). SNOT-22 change was 35.4 and −24.2 (SD = 14.5, p < 0.001), and ESS scores averaged 6.7 and −3.4 (SD = 4.3, p < 0.001). The average SCHNOS total, functional, and cosmetic scores were 40.6, 67.9, and 22.4, respectively, and −28.0 (SD = 19.8), −44.5 (SD = 22.9), and 17.1 (SD = 24.6) (p < 0.001).

Conclusion:

In this pilot study, patients reported improvement in nasal breathing after correcting a deviated caudal septum and applying an Endonasal SEG.