Sanjurjo MJL, Zubiaur GF, Moscoso JB, López UF, Montes BJJ

Language: Spanish
References: 9
Page: 10-13
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ABSTRACT

Background: Nasal packings are commonly used after surgical procedures such as septoplasty, rhinoplasty, turbinate management, intranasal biopsies and submucosal resections with the intention of assuring hemostasis, flap support and avoiding hematomas or movement of tissue grafts. Even though its advantages are many, nasal packings are bothersome and are usually accompanied by a great deal of anxiety and in some cases pain. Having nasal packing may increase the risk of cardiovascular complications, hypoxia, foreign body reaction, epistaxis, mucosal lesions and infections.
Objective: To determine morbility based on a clinical and endoscopic evaluation of transeptal sutures and nasal packing.
Material and methods: A transversal and cohort study in Hospital Español de México included patients with clinic and topographic diagnosis of septal deviation. A subjective and a postsurgery endoscopic evaluation were carried out 10 days after the intervention.
Results: There was a statistically significative difference in the clinic and endoscopic evolution with transeptal sutures or nasal packing.
Conclusion: Selection of a technique does not affect the postoperative evolution.

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