Prevention of nostril lacerations in endonasal drilling procedures by use of a conventional protective ear speculum.
Am J Otolaryngol
; 45(4): 104319, 2024.
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| ID: mdl-38678802
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Injuries of the nasal vestibular skin caused by the rotating burr shafts can represent a tedious complication following endonasal drilling and is experienced sooner or later by every rhino-surgeon. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
To protect the nasal entrance from laceration by the free rotating drill shaft we position an otology speculum in the nasal entrance. The speculum is held in place by the scrub nurse during the critical phase of bone drilling.RESULTS:
Following the introduction of the ear speculum protection, we successfully treated our dacryocystostamia procedures (n = 27) and median maxillectomia procedures (n = 6) without any further soft tissue erosions.DISCUSSION:
Preventive measures for injuries by endonasal drilling procedures are not reported extensively in literature. This stands in contrast to the fact that these injuries are prone to cause significant suffering as amply described in the case of nostril laceration due to nasogastric intubation or nasogastric feeding tubes.CONCLUSION:
The use of a readily available, reusable ear speculum in endonasal drill application eliminated the complication of nasal entrance lacerations throughout our institution, hitherto.Key words
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Main subject:
Lacerations
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Am J Otolaryngol
Year:
2024
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Article