ISSN 2329-9835
International Journal of Diseases and Disorders ISSN 2329-9835 Vol. 6 (6), pp. 001-005, June, 2018. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Effects of septoplasty on nasal and oropharyngeal microbial flora
Tayfun Apuhan1*, Esra Koçoğlu2, Yavuz Selim Yıldırım3, Tuğçe Şimşek1, Hasan Kazaz1 and Üzeyir Gök1
1Department of Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT), Faculty of Medicine, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey.
2Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey.
3Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Elbistan State Hospital, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey.
Accepted 23 March, 2018
Abstract
We characterized the changes in oropharyngeal and nasal flora of the patients with a deviated nasal septum before and after septoplasty. Patients who underwent septoplasty for nasal septal deviation were included in this study. Nasal and oropharyngeal cultures were taken with a sterile cotton swab preoperatively and one month after septoplasty. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed using the disc method. Fifty-nine patients with a deviated nasal septum were included in the study: 29 women and 30 men, whose ages ranged from 18 to 40 years. There was no significant difference between the preoperative and postoperative (one month after surgery) isolated bacteria of the nasal and oropharyngeal regions. Septoplasty did not change the nasal and oropharyngel microbial flora in patients who underwent septoplasty for nasal septal deviation.
Key words: Septoplasty, nasal microbial flora and oropharyngeal microbial flora.