Abstract
Objective: Evaluate the satisfaction and the actual benefit if rhinoplastic surgery, using questionnaires that assess since aspects related to appearance and function, even aspects of social order and compare them.
Method: In a cross-sectional study of 105 patients who underwent rhinoplasty, the patients answered 2 questionnaires, the GBI (Glasgow Benefit Inventory) and the SNOT-22 (sino-nasal outcome test-22). Student t test was used to compare the SNOT-22 scores before and after surgery and Pearson correlation coefficient between SNOT-22 and GBI scores.
Results: These 49 patients could be reached by telephone these 21 were men (42.85%), with a mean age of 28.96 years. The SNOT-22 were on average 17.41 points preoperatively and 13.63 in the postoperative. The results of the GBI in the postoperative period were 31.69 points on average.
Conclusion: There was a high satisfaction rate of patients undergoing rhinoplasty when assessed through questionnaires GBI and SNOT-22 separately, but a weak correlation between them.
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