Fitostimoline® in fibro-endoscopic and trans-nasal trans-speculum septoplasty as a beneficial tool to improve post-surgical outcome : Preliminary results of a case-control study

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OBJECTIVES: Topic treatment can be useful to improve short and long-term nasal outcomes after nasal surgery, reducing discomfort and risk of synechia. This study aimed at evaluating the effect on clinical outcomes of nasal packaging using Fitostimoline® gauze in FESS and septoplasty.

METHODS: A case-control study on hospitalized patients was performed in a tertiary referral center. The control group included 20 patients treated with the standard surgical protocol for septoplasty and standard nasal packaging; treatment group included 21 patients underwent same surgical procedure but in whom the nasal tampon was wrapped with a gauze containing Fitostimoline® before being placed into the nose.

RESULTS: Patients in treatment group had better outcomes than control; nasal mucosa showed better healing - recovery of normal color- in those patients in whom we applied the Fitostimoline® gauze around tampons. Moreover, 100 % patients in the treatment group did not refer discomfort during at tampon removal versus 60 % subjects in the control group who referred pain, tension or tearing during the same action.

CONCLUSION: Our results, although preliminary because of the small cohort of subjects included, suggest that the apposition of a gauze with Fitostimoline® after nasal surgery might improve the mucosal healing with consequent reduction of patients discomfort during the post-surgical period.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

2023

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:45

Enthalten in:

American journal of otolaryngology - 45(2023), 1 vom: 21. Jan., Seite 104107

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

De Luca, Pietro [VerfasserIn]
La Mantia, Ignazio [VerfasserIn]
Gioacchini, Federico Maria [VerfasserIn]
Re, Massimo [VerfasserIn]
Radici, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Camaioni, Angelo [VerfasserIn]
Di Stadio, Arianna [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

FEES
Gauze
Journal Article
Nasal breathing
Nasal mucosa
Ointment
Septoplasty
Surgical outcomes
Synechia

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Date Completed 16.12.2023

Date Revised 16.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.amjoto.2023.104107

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364404876