To Study the Role of Nasal Septal Deviation and Its Relation to Sinonasal Pathology

To Study the Role of Nasal Septal Deviation and Its Relation to Sinonasal Pathology: This study was aimed to findThe incidence of various types of DNS andTo find co relation between NSD and sinus pathologyThis work was done on 100 cases with clinical features of deviated nasal septum and co existing features of rhinosinusitis. Detailed nasal endocopic examination was done. DNS was classified according to Mladina system of classification. CT PNS was done in all cases and rhinosinusitis documented according to Lund –Mackay scoring system. Finally an attempt was made to correlate DNS and Rhinosinusitis.Type II and Type I deviations were the most common types of septal deviations found. 84% of the patients with DNS had rhinosinusitis. There was a statistically significant correlation between nasal septal devia tion and rhinosinusitis withp value  ≤ 0.05. Our study also...