Table 1.
Baseline values and postoperative values
| |
Surgery |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Septoplasty |
Septoplasty and volume reduction |
Overall results |
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| Preoperative values | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| AHI |
18.75 |
13.36 |
17.39 |
14.38 |
18.15 |
13.71 |
| ODI |
14.29 |
12.00 |
14.12 |
12.73 |
14.21 |
12.22 |
| ESS |
11.54 |
3.72 |
9.74 |
3.42 |
10.74 |
3.67 |
| BMI |
28.33 |
3.40 |
27.80 |
3.05 |
28.10 |
3.23 |
| Postoperative values |
Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
| AHI |
20.46 |
14.64 |
11.70 |
8.19 |
16.60 |
12.90 |
| ODI |
14.87 |
12.25 |
9.30 |
7.36 |
12.42 |
10.67 |
| ESS |
10.00 |
4.51 |
7.59 |
2.18 |
8.94 |
3.84 |
| BMI |
28.69 |
3.12 |
27.77 |
2.70 |
28.28 |
2.95 |
| P-values of the difference |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| AHI |
0.273 |
|
0.007 |
|
0.365 |
|
| ODI |
0.671 |
|
0.064 |
|
0.229 |
|
| ESS |
0.004 |
|
0.006 |
|
<0.001 |
|
| BMI |
0.202 |
|
0.716 |
|
0.422 |
|
| P-values of the difference between treatment groups |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| AHI |
0.029 |
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| ODI |
0.069 |
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| ESS |
0.454 |
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| BMI | 0.429 | |||||
There are no significant differences at baseline between the groups. There is a significant reduction of AHI between the two surgery groups.