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Hookah is a tobacco product which is frequently used by people living in
the Middle East. Since these people maintain this habit after they
immigrate to Europe or US, hookah smoking is getting more popular in
world. Moreover, the potential detrimental effects of hookah smoking is
underestimated and this fact also contributes to its increasing
popularity.
Septoplasty is one of the most commonly performed procedures in
otolaryngology practice. In our study, we investigated the impact of
hookah smoking on the healing after septoplasty and found that it had
significantly deleterious effects.