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- Title
Hemostasis during functional endoscopic sinus surgery: The effect of local infiltration with adrenaline
- Authors
Lee, Ta-Jen; Huang, Chi-Che; Chang, Po-Hung; Chang, Chee-Jen; Chen, Yi-Wei
- Abstract
Objectives: To determine the feasibility of the use of a topical vasoconstrictor for hemostasis during functional endoscopic sinus surgery. Study Design: Case-control study. Subjects and Methods: From May 1998 to August 2002, 226 patients (injection group) with bilateral chronic rhinosinusitis received an adrenaline injection for hemostasis during functional endoscopic sinus surgery at our tertiary referral center. After September 2002, topical adrenaline was applied for hemostasis in 226 consecutive patients (noninjection group) who underwent the same surgery. The two groups were matched by age, sex, body weight, stage of chronic rhinosinusitis, and pre-anesthesia blood pressure. The hemostatic effects in each group were analyzed. Results: No statistically significant differences in operation time and intraoperative blood loss were reached between the two groups of patients. Conclusions: Topical use of adrenaline achieved similar hemostatic effect compared with injection of adrenaline. Intranasal injection of a vasoconstrictor, in consideration of its adverse effects, may be avoided during surgery.
- Subjects
SURGICAL hemostasis; ENDOSCOPIC surgery; PARANASAL sinus surgery; SINUSITIS treatment; ADRENALINE; VASOCONSTRICTORS; SURGICAL complications; DRUG side effects
- Publication
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, 2009, Vol 140, Issue 2, p209
- ISSN
0194-5998
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.otohns.2008.09.029