Airways complications in nasal packing versus stiches.
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: Nasal packing group
vaseline soaked Nasal packing done during general anesthesia in septoplasty patients for mechanical to readjusted septum , to reduce bleeding . Intervention 2: Intervention group: Septal stitches grou
Sponsors
Combined military hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Included all patients >18 years presenting for pre-anesthesia assessment for elective nasal surgeries requiring nasal packing/septal stitch post-operatively.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Included patients < 18 years, pregnancy, previous history of septoplasty, patients with coagulation disorders, patients with advanced cardiac, respiratory, or metastatic disease, patients with concomitant nasal surgery including turbinectomy etc. and patients unwilling to be included in the study or lost to follow-up. Pregnant patients Previously history of septoplasty Coagulation disorders Cardiac diseases Respiratory diseases Unwilling for study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Airways complications in bilateral nasal packing versus septal stitches during recovery from general anesthesia. Timepoint: 6 hours from post anesthesia recovery unit. Method of measurement: Visual analogue score , pulse oximeter for saturation. | — |
Countries
Pakistan
Contacts
Public ContactDr Muhammad Asif Hayat
Combined military hospital
Outcome results
None listed