The Effects of Intervening With Synonasal Changes on Headaches in Migraine Patients Using Endonasal Surgery

xloma.fota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader The Effects of Intervening With Synonasal Changes on Headaches in Migraine Patients Using Endonasal Surgery Via Journal of Craniofacial Surgery - Published Ahead-of-Print Objective: Some anatomical changes might trigger headaches in people who have migraine, and that surgical applications eliminating the structural problems in treatment-resistant migraine patients are effective in pain treatment. Methods: A total of 36 patients, who did not respond to different treatment options without aura migraine and chronic migraine that were showing synonasal and anatomical changes in synonasal nasal endoscopy and/or paranasal sinus CT screening, responding insufficiently and/or approximately one year period also did not respond to different treatment options, were included in this study between June 2016 and September 2019. Results: The relation between migraine episodes and synonasal symptoms was found to be statistically significant. A significant difference was detected between nasal congestion and obstruction, postnasal discharge, and runny nose in patients with attacks compared to patients without attacks. The difference between mean pain severity values was statistically significant when compared to preoperative values (3.0(3.0∼4.0)) and post-operative values (1.0(0∼1.0)). When the pain severity after the operation (1.0(1.0∼2.75)) was compared with the severity of pain before the operation (5.0 (3.0∼5.0)), it was determined that there was a significant decrease in pain severity in patients diagnosed with chronic migraine, the difference between the mean pain severity values was statistically significant, and the prevalence of pain decreased at a significant level after the operation. Conclusion: The results of the present study indicate that the elimination of synonasal structural changes, which were hypothesized to trigger pain in migraine patients, could have a pain-reducing effect on the frequency and severity of the pain. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Ayfer Ertekin, MD, Ozel Siirt Hayat Hastanesi, Noroloji Klinigi, Hukumet Cad., Ataturk Bulv., No. 32 Merkez, Siirt, Turkey; E-mail: ayfertekin1976@gmail.com Received 26 June, 2020 Accepted 9 November, 2020 The authors have no conflict of interest and also declare that no funding was received for the conduct of this study. Supplemental digital contents are available for this article. Direct URL citations appear in the printed text and are provided in the HTML and PDF versions of this article on the journal's Web site (www.jcraniofacialsurgery.com). © 2021 by Mutaz B. Habal, MD. View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.