The use of Netcell and Rapid-Rhino nasal packing after routine nasal surgery. A randomised controlled trial.

Completed

• Conditions: Surgery: Nasal; Surgery; Nasal

• Registration Number: ISRCTN14481771
• Lead Sponsor: Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2005 Update - Department of Health (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-09-30
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 45

Inclusion Criteria

Patients having septal surgery and trimming of inferior turbinates will be identified when they attend for pre-assessment clinic. They will be given the information about the trial at that point and given time to consider if they wish to take part before signing the consent form. Inclusion criteria will include:
1. Patients aged 16-65. Children and older adults excluded as pain responses are known to differ at extremes of age.
2. Patients undergoing septal surgery with bilateral inferior turbinate surgery. All consultants in the department routinely pack following this procedure, whereas preferences differ for other nasal operations.
This limited inclusion criterion also ensures that the same operation is carried out on each side of the nose.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Revision surgery
2. History of a bleeding tendency
3. Patients on anticoagulants or anti-platelet drugs
4. History of sino-nasal trauma
5. Underlying systemic/sino-nasal disease such as Wegner's disease, sarcoidosis, fungal sinusitis

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Difference in mean Visual analogue score (VAS) on removal of pack

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ot provided at time of registration