Table 2.

Endoscopic evaluation at the end of six months post-surgery (n = 40)

	Group A (without stent) (n = 20)	Group B (with stent) (n = 20)	p-value
Rhinostome • Visible • Invisible	16 (80%) 4 (20%)	13 (65%) 7 (35%)	1.536*
Granulations • Present • Absent	5 (25%) 15 (75%)	10 (50%) 10 (50%)	2.667*
Methylene blue flow • Spontaneous • With pressure/massaging • No flow	15 (75%) 2 (10%) 3 (15%)	18 (90%) 1 (5%) 1 (5%)	0.652**
Knot opened	-	1 (5%)	-

* Pearson’s χ² test, degrees of freedom (DF) = 1

** Pearson’s χ² test with Yate’s correction, DF = 1