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A Comparative Study Between Septal Quilting Sutures Without Nasal Packing and Only Nasal Packing Post-septal Correction
- Source :
- Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Septal correction is the commonest surgery by rhinologists worldwide. We aimed at studying the comfort level of the patient with standard postoperative nasal packing with Merocel and placing quilting sutures in septum leaving the nose unpacked in the postoperative period. We conducted the study in the tertiary care centre enrolling 82 patients in a quasi-randomised method of odd and even numbers placing them in the nasal packing group and the quilting group respectively. We used analogue scoring method for subjective assessment of comfort level in the postoperative period and the surgeon objectively assessed the patient on follow up. The results were tabulated and analysed. Postoperative pain, headache and sleep disturbance was significantly more in the nasal packing group. We found that the crusting is commonly seen in patients in the nasal packing group. Quilting the nasal septum and leaving the nasal cavity unpacked increases the comfort level of the patient in the postoperative period. The resultant pain, headache and sleep disturbance caused by nasal packing can be significantly avoided by using quilting the septum without nasal packing. We also observed that by avoiding nasal packing postoperatively, the patients were more comfortable and compliant with the treatment regimen and follow-up.
- Subjects :
- Nasal cavity
medicine.medical_specialty
Sleep disorder
business.industry
medicine.disease
Tertiary care
Surgery
Nasal packing
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine.anatomical_structure
Otorhinolaryngology
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Nasal septum
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
Medicine
Original Article
030223 otorhinolaryngology
business
Nose
Quilting
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 22313796
- Volume :
- 72
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bb9a593526cd50053d67773a56fefc01