MID-TERM EVALUATION OF OUTCOMES IN RHINOPLASTY AND RHINOSEPTOPLASTY

Abstract

Introduction: Rhinoplasty improves the facial aesthetics. But the perceived ideal outcome for each patient is different for similar disease. Here comes the role of health-related quality of life questionnaires which determine the improvement based on patient's viewpoint. Materials: A total of 30 patients were enrolled and underwent the procedure of rhinoplasty or septo-rhinoplasty. Quality of life questionnaires (QoL) specic to disease were completed such as ROE (Rhinoplasty Outcomes Evaluation) and NOSE (Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation) pre-operatively as well as post-operatively at completion of 6 months follow up. Results: The condition of patients signicantly improved related to disease specic questionnaires. The mean pre-operative score for ROE and NOSE is 30.41±16.31 and 61.33±27.06 respectively. While the score improved post-operatively for ROE and NOSE to 82.51±16.01 and 12.40±10.53 respectively. The p value for both scores <0.001 and is found to be highly signicant. Conclusion: The present study concludes that rhinoplasty greatly improves quality of life of patients in terms of functional, physical, emotional and social sufferings postoperatively.