How does endoscopic surgery treat nasal polyps

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Nasal polyp is a common disease. During my internship, I saw this kind of people almost every day. From the appearance, they were very painful and breathed with their mouth. Before I thought nasal polyp was a tumor, but finally I knew that nasal polyp was not a real tumor, but the formation of extremely hypertrophic and edematous mucosa of nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. I'll share with you what I know about nasal polyps.

How does endoscopic surgery treat nasal polyps

First: if nasal polyps affect breathing and accompanied by headache and other symptoms, surgery is needed.

Second: in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the hospital, the nasal endoscope should be checked first, and the nasal mucosa should be contracted first, and then the nasal polyps should be checked, and then the operation should be performed. The operation time is generally very short, and the cost is not very high.

Third: the operation adopts power swing technique. After the polyp is successfully removed, the doctor will prescribe some antihistamine and adrenocortical hormone drugs to prevent recurrence. Please follow the doctor's advice.

matters needing attention

Please do not remove the packing material after operation, so as to avoid bleeding. The time of removing the packing is generally about 3 days, but a few patients with more bleeding may be extended by 1 day, so as to avoid early removal of bleeding, causing panic of patients.