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We investigated the number of postoperative infections and unplanned postoperative visits (UPV) in septoplasties with and without additional nasal surgery at our institution and evaluated the role of antibiotic prophylaxis.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We collected data of all consecutive 302 septoplasty or septocolumelloplasty patients operated during the year 2018 at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, HUS Helsinki University Hospital (Helsinki, Finland). Hospital charts were reviewed to record sociodemographic patient characteristics and clinical parameters regarding surgery and follow-up.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Altogether 239 patients (79.1%) received pre- and\/or postoperative prophylactic antibiotics and within this group 3.3% developed a postoperative infection. The infection rate in the non-prophylaxis group of 63 patients was 12.7% (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.007). When all patients who received postoperative antibiotics were excluded, we found that the infection rate in the preoperative prophylaxis group was 3.8%, as opposed to an infection rate of 12.7% in the non-prophylaxis group (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.013). When evaluating septoplasty with additional sinonasal surgery (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009115) the rate of postoperative infection was 3.3% in the prophylaxis group and 16.7% in the non-prophylaxis group (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.034). These results show a statistically significant stand-alone effect of preoperative prophylactic antibiotics in preventing postoperative infection in septoplasty, especially regarding additional sinonasal surgery.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The use of preoperative antibiotics as a prophylactic measure diminished statistically significantly the rate of infections and UPVs in septoplasty when all postoperative infections, superficial and mild ones included, were taken into account.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00405-021-07113-9","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,15]],"date-time":"2021-10-15T09:45:09Z","timestamp":1634291109000},"page":"3449-3458","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Septoplasty with and without additional sinonasal surgery: postoperative sequelae and the use of prophylactic antibiotics"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"279","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9888-3128","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ida","family":"Kotisalmi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maija","family":"Hyt\u00f6nen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Antti A.","family":"M\u00e4kitie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Markus","family":"Lilja","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,15]]},"reference":[{"issue":"6","key":"7113_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1487","DOI":"10.1111\/coa.13190","volume":"43","author":"M Ylitalo-Heikkil\u00e4","year":"2018","unstructured":"Ylitalo-Heikkil\u00e4 M, Virkkula P, Sintonen H, Lundberg M, Roine RP, Hyt\u00f6nen M (2018) Different rhinologic diseases cause a similar multidimensional decrease in generic health-related quality of life. 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