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Complications from endoscopic sinus surgery are rare, but can include bleeding and damage to other structures in the area including the eye or brain. [21] Many physicians recommend a course of oral steroids prior to surgery to reduce mucosal inflammation, decrease bleeding during surgery, and help with visualization of the polyps. [12]
After surgery, complications may include these: Sleepiness and sleep apnea related to post-surgery medication; Swelling, infection and bleeding; A sore throat and/or difficulty swallowing; Drainage of secretions into the nose and a nasal quality to the voice. English language speech does not seem to be affected by this surgery.
Empty Nose Syndrome; Other names: Secondary atrophic rhinitis: Altered nasal anatomy after bilateral subtotal inferior turbinectomy, the removal of most turbinate tissue. Specialty: Otolaryngology: Symptoms: Sensation of nasal suffocation despite clear airway: Complications: Hyperventilation syndrome, depression, anxiety, fatigue: Usual onset
Adenoidectomy is the surgical removal of the adenoid for reasons which include impaired breathing through the nose, chronic infections, or recurrent earaches. The effectiveness of removing the adenoids in children to improve recurrent nasal symptoms and/or nasal obstruction has not been well studied. [1]
A rhinolith (from rhino- 'nose' and -lith 'stone') is a stone present in the nasal cavity. It is an uncommon medical phenomenon, not to be confused with dried nasal mucus. A rhinolith usually forms around the nucleus of a small exogenous foreign body, blood clot or secretion by slow deposition of calcium and magnesium carbonate and phosphate ...
Before surgery all important landmarks and reference points must be identified and marked. Important landmarks are the hairline, frown lines, location of the supratrochlear vessels, outline of the defect, nasal and lip subunits. [1] Then templates are made using the intact side of the nose to make a precise symmetric reconstruction of the nose.
Nasal surgery is a specialty including the removal of nasal obstruction that cannot be achieved by medication and nasal reconstruction. Currently, it comprises four approaches, namely rhinoplasty, septoplasty, sinus surgery, and turbinoplasty, targeted at different sections of the nasal cavity in the order of their external to internal positions.
Laryngectomy is the removal of the larynx.In a total laryngectomy, the entire larynx is removed (including the vocal folds, hyoid bone, epiglottis, thyroid and cricoid cartilage and a few tracheal cartilage rings) with the separation of the airway from the mouth, nose and esophagus. [1]