Surgery was more effective than medical management for patients with nasal obstruction associated with septal deviation, the multicenter NAIROS trial found. Patient-reported Sino-Nasal Outcome Test-22 ...

Medicare covers surgery to repair a deviated septum if it’s medically necessary. You’ll still have to pay out-of-pocket costs such as deductibles and coinsurance. Medicare doesn’t cover plastic and ...

Original Medicare (parts A and B) may partially cover the costs of a septoplasty procedure when medically necessary. Part A will pay for inpatient procedures, while Part B will pay for outpatient ones ...

Adults with nasal obstruction associated with a deviated nasal septum fare better after septoplasty than with medical management, according to a multicentre study conducted by UK researchers. When the ...

Your nose is front and center on your face. It serves many functions, including humidifying and cleaning the air you breathe; delivering tone to your voice; and providing a sense of smell, which is ...

Septorhinoplasty combines two types of surgery: septoplasty and rhinoplasty. A septoplasty restores breathing and helps prevent chronic sinusitis by repairing the septum inside your nose. Rhinoplasty ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Parker Breshears struggled for years with a collapsed septum that made breathing nearly impossible and affected his daily life. In 2024, he turned to University of Utah Health’s Dr. Sarah R. Akkina, a ...

Breathing through the nose is something most of us take for granted, until it becomes uncomfortable or difficult. For people living with a deviated nasal septum, symptoms may remain mild for much of ...