ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the influence of nasal packing and modified suture after operation on symptom scores and complications of patients undergoing nasal septum deviation correction. Methods One hundred and forty patients who had underwent nasal septum deviation correction were chosen in the period from January 2016 to August 2018 in People′s Hospital of Lishui City and randomly divided into two groups including control group (70 patients) with nasal packing after operation and experiment group (70 patients) with nasal modified suture after operation. The bleeding loss volume, subjective symptoms visual analogue scale(VAS) score, Lund-Kennedy score and complication incidence after operation of both groups were compared. Results There was no significant difference in the bleeding loss volume between two groups (P>0.05). The VAS score of nasal pain, head pain, dizziness, tears, nasal itching, nasal congestion and dyskoimesis after operation of experiment group were significantly lower than those of control group: (2.29 ± 0.65) scores vs. (5.42 ± 1.19) scores, (2.72 ± 0.67) scores vs. (5.60 ± 0.85) scores, (3.03 ± 0.46) scores vs. (5.25 ± 0.73) scores, (1.54 ± 0.40) scores vs. (2.70 ± 0.64) scores, (2.64 ± 0.56) scores vs. (5.68 ± 0.83) scores,(1.72 ± 0.57) scores vs. (2.10 ± 0.71) scores, (2.80 ± 0.63) scores vs. (4.96 ± 0.91) scores, P<0.05. There was no significant difference in the complication incidence after operation between two groups (P > 0.05). Conclusions Compared with nasal packing after operation, modified suture after operation in the treatment of patients undergoing nasal septum deviation correction can efficiently relieve subjective symptoms and decrease postoperative pain degree; but nasal packing and modified suture after operation possess the same clinical effects on controlling bleeding volume and promoting nasal mucosa repair and safety.