Effects of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery on Nasality.
- Author:
Hun Jong DHONG
1
;
Sun Il KIM
;
Joong Keun KWON
;
Young Sun YUN
;
Su Mi KANG
;
Kwang Chol CHU
Author Information
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. hjdhong@smc.samsung.co.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Endoscopic sinus surgery;
Nasalance;
Voice change
- MeSH:
Adult;
Edema;
Humans;
Nasal Polyps;
Pathology;
Sinusitis;
Voice
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
1999;42(7):471-475
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: When the impairment of nasal airway patency in patients with chronic sinusitis such as mucosal edema or nasal polyps is resolved after functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS), it is expected that patients no longer complain of hyponasal voice. However, patients who have undergone FESS sometimes complain of more hyponasal voice, or thick voice. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of FESS on voice in terms of nasality. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty-three patients who underwent FESS and thirty normal adults who had no sinus or nasal pathology were selected for this study. We performed nasalance test for patients group before and 3 months after the operation and for the control group without any medication. RESULTS: Patients' preoperative mean nasalance were not low compared with that of control group in all sentences. It was different from perceptual hyponasality they had complained. Postoperative mean nasalance in patients showed statistically significant increase. Higher change ratio of nasalance was noted in Mamma passage than the other passages. CONCLUSION: There was significant increase in nasalance scores after FESS. Thus, we must consider the possibility of voice changes postoperatively in professional voice users.
