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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.