The Effect of Local Anesthesia With Lidocaine During Insertion and Removal of Nasal Packing

Summary

This study aims to investigate the effect of local nasal anesthesia with lidocaine spray on the insertion of nasal tampons during active nasal bleeding.

Timeline

Start

2020-09

Primary completion

2022-09

Completion

2022-12

Publications

• Background Watson MG, Campbell JB, Shenoi PM. Nasal surgery: does the type of nasal pack influence the results? Rhinology. 1989 Jun;27(2):105-11.
• Background Weber R, Keerl R, Hochapfel F, Draf W, Toffel PH. Packing in endonasal surgery. Am J Otolaryngol. 2001 Sep-Oct;22(5):306-20. doi: 10.1053/ajot.2001.26499.
• Background Haytoglu S, Kuran G, Muluk NB, Arikan OK. Different anesthetic agents-soaked sinus packings on pain management after functional endoscopic sinus surgery: which is the most effective? Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2016 Jul;273(7):1769-77. doi: 10.1007/s00405-015-3807-2. Epub 2015 Oct 28.
• Background Karaaslan K, Yilmaz F, Gulcu N, Yigit B, Kocoglu H. The effect of prilocaine and prilocaine plus meperidine infiltration on the pain during nasal packing removal. Rhinology. 2007 Dec;45(4):321-4.
• Background Tsai SC, Lai MT, Kao YL, Wu CC. Effect of infiltrating nasal packing with local anesthetics in postoperative pain and anxiety following sinonasal surgeries: a systemic review and meta-analysis. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2020 May-Jun;86(3):376-382. doi: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2019.12.011. Epub 2020 Feb 12.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.