Quality of life of patients with nasal bone fracture after closed reduction

Efficacy of closed reduction surgery on treatment of nasal bone fracture in admitted patients to Shahid Bahonar Hospital, Kerman, Iran

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Nasal fracture is one of the most common facial fractures and the main goal of this study was evaluation of closed reduction surgery of nasal bone fractures.METHODS: Thirty six patients including 24 male and 12 female patients suffered from nasal bone fractures were treated by closed reduction method. Preoperative and postoperative computed tomographic scans were analyzed by...

Post-Operative Outcome of Closed Reduction of Fracture Nasal Bone

The Retrospective Study of Closed Reduction of Nasal Bone Fracture

PURPOSE This study was conducted in order to investigate the therapeutic effect of closed reduction according to a classification in patients with nasal bone fracture. METHODS The study was conducted retrospectively on 186 patients with a mean age of 38 years (range: 7 to 80 years). All patients were diagnosed by clinical and radiologic examination, and then classified according to Hwang's cl...

The Usefulness of Nasal Packing with Vaseline Gauze and Airway Silicone Splint after Closed Reduction of Nasal Bone Fracture

BACKGROUND Packing after closed reduction of a nasal bone fracture causes inconvenient nasal obstruction in patients. We packed the superior meatus with Vaseline gauze to support the nasal bone, and packed the middle nasal meatus with a Doyle Combo Splint consisting of an airway tube, a silastic sheet, and an expandable sponge to reduce the inconvenience. In addition, we aimed to objectively id...

General anesthesia versus monitored anesthetic care with dexmedetomidine for closed reduction of nasal bone fracture

BACKGROUND Reduction of nasal bone fracture can be performed under general or local anesthesia. The aim of this study was to compare general anesthesia (GA) and monitored anesthetic care (MAC) with dexmedetomidine based on intraoperative vital signs, comfort of patients, surgeons and nurses and the adverse effects after closed reduction of nasal bone fractures. METHODS Sixty patients with Ame...