Question 55: My septum is off to the side and almost blocking one nostril, can I have surgery? What is the result of the surgery?
Answer: It is possible to operate and the result is quite good. Of course, the result depends on the level of the doctor.
Question 56: I have a deviated septum and no inflammation, but I have difficulty breathing when I have a cold. If so, what kind of surgery should be done?
Answer: If the deviated septum does not affect the function (such as breathing and smell) or the appearance, it will not cause chronic rhinitis and sinusitis, so it is not necessary to have surgery. You can make your own decision after thorough consideration. Surgery can be done by submucosal resection of the nasal septum.
Question 57: I have had rhinitis for many years (sometimes good and sometimes bad), and now my sinuses are normal on CT, but the septum is S-shaped curved, so my doctor suggested that I have surgery. What is the success rate? Will the rhinitis not come back after the surgery?
Answer: Deviated septum causes narrowing of the nasal cavity on one side and poor drainage of nasal contents, which can lead to recurring rhinitis, so surgery is naturally the best way to cure it. The septum surgery is a medium sized surgery in ENT, the difficulty is to correct it well without causing nose deformation, the success rate depends on the level of the physician. If it is not done well, it will not work. In addition, if your rhinitis is very severe or if you have allergic rhinitis, it will also affect the results of the surgery.
Question 58: I would like to ask what should be done before the septum deviation correction surgery, and is it necessary to get rid of rhinitis first?
Answer: It is best to control the rhinitis before surgery, but some patients’ rhinitis is caused by deviated septum, so it is not easy to control it very well before surgery, as long as it is generally controlled. Of course, it is better not to do it when you have a cold, other than that, there is no special preoperative preparation.