Is there a relationship of nasal septum deviation with pharyngeal airway dimension and craniocervical posture?

ABSTRACT

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of nasal septum deviation on the pharyngeal airway and craniocervical posture measurements using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT).

Methods

This retrospective study analyzed the CBCTs of 25 patients with and without nasal septum deviation. Various parameters defining the pharyngeal airway and craniocervical and facial skeletal morphology were measured and compared between the groups after confirming intra-examiner reliability.

Results

Compared to the control group, the group with nasal septum deviation had a statistically significantly shorter nasopharyngeal length (p < 0.001), longer vertical airway length (p < 0.002), and larger cervical column curvature angle (p < 0.006).

Conclusion

Children with a nasal septum deviation of 4 mm or more on their CBCT scan are susceptible to unfavorable pharyngeal airway and craniocervical postural changes.

KEYWORDS:

• Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT)
• mouth breathing
• nasal septum deviation
• nasal airway obstruction
• pharynx

Acknowledgments

Several authors choose to acknowledge Elsevier Premium Language Editing editorial support in their paper. According to prominent publication guidelines such as the ICMJE guidelines on authorship, editing or writing support should be acknowledged in the paper. Such acknowledgments also serve to assure journal editors/reviewers that the English has been thoroughly reviewed, and meets the required standards for publication. We would like to thank Elsevier Language Editing Plus for English language and sintifice editing.The authors would like to thank the Vice Chancellor for research, Istanbul Aydin University for supporting the research. In addition, we express our gratitude to Dr. Beyza Kircelli for his valuable contribution to the article interpretation.

Availability of data and materials

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request from [email protected].

The authors agree with sharing, copying, and modifying the data used in this article, even for commercial purposes, so long as appropriate credit is given, and possible changes are indicated. The present study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Istanbul Aaydin University of Medical Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey (code B.30.2.AYD.0.00.00.-050.06.04/416). The trial was registered at the Turkish Registry of Clinical Trials (2021/416).

Disclosure statement

No conflict of interest for all authors.

Author contributions

Sanaz Sadry: Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation Writing - Original Draft, Resources, Data curation

Ufuk Ok: Investigation, Data Curation, Writing - Review & Editing, Methodology, Data

curation.

Didem Oner Ozdas: Resources

Additional information

Funding

No funding sources were used. All funding sources for the reported research have been covered by Sanaz Sadry. All consumables used in the study were paid by Sanaz SADRY. The acquisition, measurement and analysis of the data in the study were carried out at the labs of Istanbul Aydin University.