# Assessment of symptomatically deviated nasal septum among Indian patients

## TL;DR

This study examines the relationship between nasal airflow and quality of life in Indian patients with deviated nasal septum before and after surgery.

## Contribution

The study evaluates the reliability and cost-effectiveness of SNOT-22 compared to NIPF in assessing nasal obstruction.

## Key findings

- No significant change was found between NIPF and SNOT-22 scores before and after surgery.
- SNOT-22 is equally reliable and more cost-effective than NIPF for pre-operative evaluation.

## Abstract

Nasal Inspiratory Peak Flow (NIPF) is an easy, reliable, inexpensive, and easy-to-measure objective test with a good specificity to
measure changes in nasal obstruction on the other hand, sinonasal outcome test-22 (SNOT-22) is questionnaire designed for general
health and rhinologic issues. Henceforth, the aim was to evaluate the link between NIPF and SNOT-22 scores before and after surgery.
34 patients underwent clinical & radiological examination followed by questionnaire study before and after the surgery. We found that,
no significant change between NIPF & SNOT-22 scores for both age and gender aspect. Thus, pre-op SNOT-22 evaluation can be made a
routine exercise as it is equally reliable and highly cost effective as compared to NIPF.