Does turbinoplasty increase emergency department visits for epistaxis following endoscopic sinus surgery?
Abdulmajeed Majed Alharbi, Rayan Abdulrahman Alharthi, Kamal Alaa Hanbazazah, Mazin Adel Alsarraj, Abdulaziz S. Alrasheed, Mohammad Aloulah, Surayie Aldousary, Ahmad Alroqi, Saud Alromaih, Saad Alsaleh.
Abstract
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether turbinoplasty increases the frequency of emergency room visits due to epistaxis following endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS).
Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study. Patients who underwent primary or revision ESS for chronic rhinosinusitis between January’ 2015 and December’ 2021 at the tertiary Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery Center, Saudi Arabia, were included. Appropriate regression models were utilized.
Results: The incidence of epistaxis among the study population was 36/1,395 (2.9%). Of them, 29/36 (80.6%) underwent turbinoplasty. There was a statistically significant association between gender (p-value < 0.001) and the performance of turbinoplasty with the development of epistaxis post-operatively (p-value = 0.04).
Conclusion: This study established a direct connection between turbinoplasty and heightened postoperative epistaxis risk after ESS. It emphasized the importance of investigating specific turbinoplasty hemostatic techniques, as these variations could impact complication rates.
Key words: Turbinoplasty, endoscopic sinus surgery, ED visits, epistaxis, Saudi Arabia
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