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From: bea@alice.UucP (Bea Chambers)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: deviated septum surgery--will it really relieve sinus headaches??
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Date: Fri, 11-Oct-85 09:05:45 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 11 09:05:45 1985
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My husband has a deviated septum and has had sinus headaches for years. Usually,
he would get them for a day or two and they would go away. Now, for the
first time, his headaches are constant. His doctor has strongly suggested
a septoplasty--an operative procedure to correct the deviated septum and to
remove a large spur of bone and cartilage which is blocking the area of the left
maxillary sinus osteum and impacting into the left inferior turbinate.
( Lest you think I am a doctor with all those long words, I am not. I copied
this from the doctor's notes). Both of us go into a small panic at
the thought of any surgery. Has anyone out there had a deviated septum
corrected by surgery and has the surgery helped? I would hate to see him 
go through surgery and still have headaches. 
Any information would be helpful and very much appreciated. Thanks in advance.