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What is Septoplasty?

Surgery to straighten the septum is called septoplasty. The surgery may be done along with other procedures to treat chronic sinusitis, inflammation, or bleeding, or to correct sleep apnea.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Deviated Nasal Septum 7 1 Efficacy_moderate
Sinusitis symptoms 1 0
Headaches 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Septoplasty

Hospitalization 2

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Having Septoplasty (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Not indicated 8   Not indicated: 100%

See all 8 patients who’ve stopped having Septoplasty

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Stopped Having Septoplasty

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Septoplasty

Always
 1 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Septoplasty

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Septoplasty

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 0 0%

Report created on May 27, 2012.