Electrorhinomanometric evaluation of nasal functions in transseptal-transsphenoidal hypophysectomy
Bilgen, C.; Oner, K.; Günan, O.; Ovül, I.; Turan, O.
Revue de Laryngologie - Otologie - Rhinologie 124(2): 111-115
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-1334 PMID: 14564826 Document Number: 553834
The prospective study in 23 patients, who were undergone transseptal-transsphenoidal hypophysectomy, underlines the rhinologic aspects of this technique. Preoperative and postoperative subjective complaints were compared, postoperative nasal respiratory functions were evaluated by means of electrohinomanometry. 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). Our results emphasize the importance of the collaboration of otorhinolaryngology and neurosurgery teams for the sake of postoperative nasal functions.