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 |