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Routine nasal packing follwoing nasal surgery—Is it necessary?

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The practice of routine nasal packing after nasal surgery is usually customary and not evidence based. Post operative complications, while uncoumon, are sometimes pack related. A retrospective analysis of 110 patients who underwent a variety of nasal operations was performed to determine the incidence of complications when nasal packs were not routinely inserted 9 cases (8.2%) [6 out of these were revision surgeries] needed nasal packing for haemostasis at the end of surgery. 4 cases (3.6%) required to be packed in the immediate post operative period. One patient who required nasal packing developed a unilateral adhesion. No patient developed septal hematoma. The need for routine nasal packing is not supported. Packing should be indicated where there continuous bleeding at

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  1. Department of ENT, Tyrone County Hospital, BT 79 0AP, Omagh, UK

    S. I. Basha, D. Gupta & S. K. Kaluskar

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Basha, S.I., Gupta, D. & Kaluskar, S.K. Routine nasal packing follwoing nasal surgery—Is it necessary?. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 57, 69–71 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02907637

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