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Abstract
Background: Deviated nasal septum is the common condition in the outpatient department of ENT surgery. Patients report different signs and symptoms, and with severe disease complications septoplasty is required.
Objectives: To find out the incidence of the deviated nasal septum in the patients presenting to the outpatient department of ENT.
Materials and Methods: This is the descriptive cross-sectional study carried out in ENT department of tertiary care hospital Rawalpindi from 28th August 2021 to 28th October 2021 after approval from institutional ethical committee. A sample size of 30 patients was included in the study by non-probability convenience sampling. Patients from both gender and all ages, presenting in outpatient department were under the inclusion criterion. Emergency cases and those having previous history of septoplasty were excluded from the study. Data collection done by post graduate residents of otorhinolaryngology department using self-made Performa and analyzed by using IBM SPSS statistics version 26. Descriptive analysis has been done to find out the measures of central tendency and dispersion.
Results: The mean age of patients reported in OPD was 22±6.414 year. 70% (n= 21) of the patients were male and 30% (n= 09) were female. All the patients presented with symptoms pertaining to DNS diagnosed with the condition. 70%(n= 21) patients represented poor socioeconomic status whereas 30% (n= 09) had background of middle class. 60% (n= 18) of the patients presented with nasal obstruction associated with headache and sleep disturbance; 26.7% (n= 08) reported nasal obstruction associated with anosmia, headache and sleep disturbance; and 13.3 % (n= 04) had complaints of nasal bleed in addition to other symptoms.
Conclusion: A high incidence of the condition was reported in our setting and mostly patients presented with complications, needed surgical treatment. Key words: Deviated Nasal Septum, Septoplasty