A Retrospective Study of Establishment of Association Between Deviated Nasal Septum, Sinusitis and Chronic Dacryocystitis.

The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is any correlation between dacryocystitis with deviated nasal septum and sinusitis. A retrospective study of 50 patients who were diagnosed with dacryocystitis were included in the study. The patients included were operated between July 2018 and February 2017. All patients were assessed and operated by a single surgeon. We found in the study that 38 patients had deviated nasal septum to the diseased side and were operated for better achievement of surgical field and also for relieving the symptom of nasal obstruction in those patients. It was also found that those who were operated for deviated nasal septum were found to have better success rate post-operatively. The association between dacryocystitis and deviated nasal septum was found to be statistically significant (0.000236). However, there no such significant association found between that of sinusitis and dacryocystitis. © Association of Otolaryngologists of India 2019.