The septum deviation correction, turbinate reduction and nasal polypectomy are all relatively common. 90% of people have deviated septum, some are related to physiological development, some are not corrected after bumping and injury as a child. Not all people with a deviated septum need surgery, but only when it affects normal ventilation and life. Generally, ventilation will be significantly improved after surgery.
In patients with nasal polyps, ventilation will also be significantly improved after surgical removal.
Turbinate reduction surgery is rarely done alone. Removal of the turbinates has the potential to affect the function of the entire nasal cavity, leading to nasal dryness or other discomfort. Generally, when treating nasal septum curvature, nasal polyp or snoring surgery, the enlarged turbinates will be treated together, and we usually adopt turbinate fracture externalization or submucosal turbinate osteotomy for treatment. Humidification function, causing nasal dryness and discomfort complications, etc.
Treatment effect: nose surgery cannot cure sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is caused by multiple factors, and patients may have narrow nasal and pharyngeal cavities, but usually the nasal cavity accounts for a small fraction. Usually when snoring surgery is done, if there is hypertrophy of the turbinates, they will be treated together to make the nasal cavity a little more spacious and the whole airway a little more open.
There are also some patients who have nose surgery for the purpose of wearing a ventilator, and some patients with poor nasal passage, the airway is not easy to blow open and the ventilator pressure will be uncomfortable too high. Nose surgery alone to treat snoring or sleep apnea will not have significant effect.
Treatment risks: The common risks of ENT surgery are bleeding and asphyxia Pain and recovery: nasal surgery can be painful if the nasal cavity is filled with hemostatic material after surgery, and its pain level is related to the filling material. The pain will be gradually reduced after the change.
Hospitalization time: 5~7 days Surgery cost: nasal polyp and septum surgery cost around 10,000 RMB