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- The study evaluated changes in the microbiology of the nasal and ocular mucosa in patients who underwent septoplasty.
- The research involved 55 patients, with samples collected before and after surgery to compare microbial cultures.
- After septoplasty, there was an increase in certain microorganisms in the ocular area, specifically Staphylococcus aureus, but the risk of ocular infection did not increase as a result of the surgery.
Article Abstract
Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the microbiologic changes that occurred in the nasal and ocular mucosa before and after surgery in patients who had undergone septoplasty.
Design Setting: Fifty-five patients who applied to our clinic with septal deviation were included in the study.
Methods: Before and after the operation, samples were taken from the ocular and inner nasal mucosa for cultures and direct microscopic evaluation and the microbiologic changes were compared.
Main Outcome Measures: The results of ocular preoperative cultures were different from the results of postoperative cultures.
Results: The most frequent microorganisms in all pre- and postoperative ocular and nasal cultures were similar; coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, Staphylococcus aureus, and Diphtheroid spp were dominant. Following septoplasty, the rate of determining microorganisms in the eye in both microscopic evaluation and cultures had increased. In the postoperative period, the rate of growing S. aureus increased in ocular cultures (p < .01) while remaining the same in nasal cultures.
Conclusions: These results suggest that ocular flora can indeed change following septoplasty; however, the risk of ocular infection is not increased. This is the first study to investigate the risk of ocular infection in addition to local nasal infection after septoplasty.
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