The main risks of deviated septum correction surgery are bleeding from nasal mucosal injury, septal perforation, septal hematoma or abscess.
Deviated nasal septum can cause nasal congestion, nosebleed, headache, tinnitus and many other symptoms. Surgery can be used clinically to correct a deviated septum. Surgical procedures include traditional submucosal resection of the nasal septum and endoscopic septoplasty.
The risks of septal submucosal resection mainly include intraoperative damage to the nasal mucosa, bleeding; perforation of the nasal septum; postoperative weakness of the nasal septum, which oscillates with respiration; and changes in the shape of the external nose, such as retraction of the nasal columella.
Nasal endoscopic septoplasty can be operated under direct endoscopic vision, relatively less damage, and its main risks include possible adhesion of the nasal septum to the lateral wall of the nasal cavity; perforation of the nasal septum; septal hematoma or abscess, and so on.
It is recommended that the patient should seek medical advice in time and choose the appropriate treatment plan according to his/her condition under the guidance of the doctor.