Table 5 Incidence of Post-Operative Complications (According to Different Nasal Packings)a.
From: Outcome of Septoplasty with Inferior Turbinectomy as an In-patient or Out-patient Procedure
Merocel (n = 94) | Nasopore (n = 58) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Out-patients (n = 35) | In-patients (n = 59) | p | Out-patients (n = 13) | In-patients (n = 45) | p | |
Post-operative hemorrhage | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | — | 0 (0%) | 3 (6.7%) | 0.339 |
Septal hematoma | 1 (2.9%) | 1 (1.7%) | 0.706 | 0 (0%) | 1 (2.2%) | 0.588 |
Septal perforation | 1 (2.9%) | 0 (0%) | 0.192 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | — |
Nasal adhesions (synechiae) | 1 (2.9%) | 2 (3.4%) | 0.887 | 1 (7.7%) | 0 (0%) | 0.061 |
Wound infection | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | — | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | — |
