Electrorhinomanometric evaluation of nasal functions in transseptal-transsphenoidal hypophysectomy.
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2003
Yazarlar: C Bilgen, K Oner, O Günan, I Ovül, O Turan
Revue de laryngologie - otologie - rhinologie, Uluslararası, 2003, cilt 124, ss 111-5
Özet
OBJECTIVE: The prospective study in 23 patients, who were undergone transseptal-transsphenoidal hypophysectomy, underlines the rhinologic aspects of this technique. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Preoperative and postoperative subjective complaints were compared, postoperative nasal respiratory functions were evaluated by means of electrohinomanometry. RESULTS: Nasal respiratory functions were preserved postoperatively in the patients with normal preoperative nasal anatomy (no statistical difference); while, in patients with obstructive deviation of the nasal septum, an improvement in nasal respiratory functions were noted as a result of simultaneously performed septoplasty (p < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Our results emphasize the importance of the collaboration of otorhinolaryngology and neurosurgery teams for the sake of postoperative nasal functions.