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Septoplasty and Inferior Turbinate Out Fracture, Sinus Surgery, Polypectomy

This is not generally a laser operation. However, it is sometimes part of the treatment process for snoring surgery, and is therefore an integral part of the Clinic’s work.

The post-operative care is straightforward. You will be prescribed antibiotics (usually Augmentin unless you are allergic to Penicillin), painkillers (Co-proxamol) and decongestant spray (Otrivine). Take the first two regularly from the first post-operative day.

From the 2nd post-operative day (the day of the operation is day 0), start blowing your nose one nostril at a time by gently blocking the other nostril with your knuckle. Do not blow too forcefully at the beginning.

From the 3rd post-operative day use salt water douches (½ tsp table salt dissolved in ½ cup of cooled, boiled water). Firstly, decant a small amount into the palm of your hand then sniff up one nostril at a time, like snuff. Immediately after you have sniffed up the salt water, blow it out as above, repeating until all the salt water has been used. Follow this with a steam inhalation, using Menthol and Eucalyptus, or something similar (place a large bowl of boiling water in front of you with a towel over your head, lean over the bowl and breathe in deeply). After this use Otrivine spray. Repeat this whole process 4 times per day until the nose has decongested – around day 7.

Remember that this is generally not a painful operation. A small amount of post-operative bleeding is possible for 2-3 days post-operatively. Simply dab this away when it happens. If bleeding becomes copious and persistent, contact your surgeon.

The nose will swell up between five and seven days usually and minor bleeding may occur. The nose should definitely be blown after day two, one nostril at a time to get rid of fluid from swelling, etc. There may be some slight swelling of the upper lip and even on occasion some numbness through bruising of the nerves that supply that area.

A thin blue stitch is sewn into the inside of the nose during the operation; it is a self-dissolving stitch, which disappears on its own after around six weeks. Occasionally, the stitch can become loosened and slip down the nose into the nostril. If this is unsightly, it can be snipped off level with the inside of the nose. By the end of the first post-operative week, the stitch is no longer necessary.

Follow up is usually four weeks after surgery.

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