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. 2025 Mar 31.
doi: 10.1007/s00266-025-04725-y. Online ahead of print.

Quality of Life After Septorhinoplasty: A Prospective Study

Mebarimon Kharwanlang  1 , Pradeep Pradhan  2 , Chappity Preetam  1 , Saurav Sarkar  1 , Santosh Kumar Swain  1 , Pradipta Kumar Parida  1 , Dillip Kumar Samal  1
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Quality of Life After Septorhinoplasty: A Prospective Study

Mebarimon Kharwanlang et al. Aesthetic Plast Surg. .

Abstract

Background: Patient satisfaction is an important indicator of surgical outcome, so the quality of life is crucial in a patient undergoing septorhinoplasty. In the present study, we have prospectively evaluated the quality of life concerning functional and aesthetic outcomes after septorhinoplasty.

Materials and methods: This prospective study, included 50 patients who underwent septorhinoplasty for functional and aesthetic symptoms from March 2021 to February 2024. The quality of life concerned with functional and aesthetic outcomes were evaluated at the end of 6 and 12 months after the surgery.

Results: There was a significant improvement in both functional (VAS, NOSE, FROI-17) and aesthetic outcome questionaries in patients undergoing septorhinoplasty (p < 0.05); there was a strong correlation between the age of the patients, the presenting complaints and functional quality of life. Again, a strong correlation was found between the complication rate and aesthetic quality of life (p < 0.05).

Conclusion: Although septorhinoplasty is a complex surgery, it can ensure significant improvement in the quality of life of a patient. Our study showed a strong correlation of age, presenting complaints, and complication rate with the functional and aesthetic quality of life.

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Keywords: Aesthetic outcomes; Functional outcomes; Quality of life; Septorhinoplasty.

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Declarations. Conflict of interest: By submitting this form by corresponding author, he or she acknowledges that is responsible for accuracy of manuscript and has full access to all of the data in the study. Consent to Participate: Written informed consent has been taken from each patient prior to the surgery and same has been informed to the institute reviewer board. Consent for Publication: No part of the body has been demonstrated in the case report without the permission of the patient. Ethical Approval: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Research involving human participants.

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