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Table 6 Stratifying by speciality

From: Diagnosis and management of septal deviation and nasal valve collapse - a survey of Canadian otolaryngologists

Variable

TOTAL

General

FPRCS

Rhinology

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

P-value

Surgeons who perform Septoplasties

86

 

48

 

18

 

20

 

> 0.9

Physicians Performing Surgery of the Nasal valve

64

 

28

 

18

 

18

 

0.33

Number of Septoplasties / year

71.2

60.7

54.4

43.9

109.4

81.8

46.3

59.5

0.004

Number of nasal valve surgeries /year

18.4

17.2

13.1

13.1

32.4

21.9

13.3

10.6

0.004

Percentage of Patients with a SD who also have nasal valve collapse

25.4

17.8

25.6

25.6

26.7

16.8

23.8

13.1

0.625

Percentage of patients with a SD and NVC requiring a functional rhinoplasty

35.3

29.7

31.8

31.8

45.6

39.2

33.5

28.1

0.844

Failure Rate of Septoplasty in patient with co-morbid Valve Collapse (no valve surgery performed)

33.7

24.8

34.7

34.7

44.1

26.3

17.8

11.0

0.012