Effect of deviated nasal septum on radiological staging of chronic sinus disease using Lund and Mackay radiological grading system

ABSTRACT

The role of deviated nasal septum in chronic sinusitis is not clearly defined in the literature. The aim of this retrospective study was to identify any significant correlation between the existence of deviated nasal septum and radiological staging of chronic sinusitis in which 40 CT scans done previously for chronic sinusitis patients were included. For every scan, both sides were evaluated separately. For each side a numerical value was obtained for radiological score and a deviated septal score. Statistical evaluation revealed no significan correlation between septal scores and radiological scores of sinusitis [r = 0.06 P>0.05]. using Mann whitney test, there was also no significant difference between radiological sinusitis scores in the group with deviated septum compared to that in the group without deviated septum [p>0.05]