Hasan ÇAKAR, Sami BERÇİN, Ergun SEVİL, Muzaffer KIRIŞ

Association of laryngopharyngeal reflux with nasal obstruction

Aim: To evaluate the effect of nasal obstruction on the laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR).Material and Methods: Between April 2013 and October 2014, 40 patients with a diagnosis of nasal septum deviation and 40 controlswith no signs and symptoms of reflux were prospectively included in this study. Results of pH monitoring of two groups of patientswere analyzed for LPR. In the evaluation, two different criteria, based on reflux number and time spent in reflux were used.Results: The proximal canal reflux episode ratios were found 3.0±4.18, 2.05±3.81 and 5.05±7.35 for upright, supine and totally inthe study group respectively. These ratios were found 0.94±0.29, 0.0±0.0 and 0.94±0.29 for upright, supine and totally in the controlgroup respectively. Upright, supine and total reflux episodes of patients in the study group were found higher than the controlgroup and these differences reached statistically significant in two groups (p

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