Just because septal surgery is done, it does not mean that the treatment is over. Post-operative review and daily cleaning of the nasal cavity by oneself also play a decisive role in the patient’s outcome. Nasal endoscopy review to clean the nasal cavity to prevent adhesions.
In the third week after surgery, that is, 2 weeks after the removal of stitches, you need to come to the hospital again for nasal endoscopy review; if the first two reviews are good, then the review will be done every 1-2 months afterwards, and the review will last for half a year.
The purpose of the review: the doctor will observe the recovery of the nasal cavity under the nasal endoscope, and at the same time can deal with the crusts, undesirable granules, mucosal swelling and adhesions in the nasal cavity to promote the recovery of nasal mucosal function, and the time required for each cleaning varies according to the situation in the patient’s nasal cavity. Generally, postoperative nasal endoscopic cleaning should be done 2 times. Do not give up the review because you feel uncomfortable with nasal endoscopy, otherwise postoperative problems such as crusting and adhesions will cause poor surgical results and reoccurrence of nasal congestion and other symptoms, which will not be worth the loss. Patients wash their nasal cavity at home to enhance mucosal resistance.
Purpose of cleaning: In addition to the doctor’s help in cleaning the nasal cavity during the review, it is also important for patients to clean it at home by themselves. Because bacteria and dust in the air have to pass through the nasal cavity, and the nasal mucosa is fragile after surgery, patients need to clean it daily at home to enhance the resistance of the nasal mucosa. Secondly, nasal cleansing can remove nasal mucus and nasal secretions in time, reduce nasal congestion and promote the nasal cavity to restore normal respiratory function, which also has a certain therapeutic effect on chronic rhinitis and sinusitis.
But note that the cleaning solution is not tap water, nor can you prepare it yourself, you must use 0.9% physiological saline, the water temperature is controlled at about 35 degrees, simulated to resemble human tears, it will not stimulate the nasal cavity causing choking and coughing. Therefore, patients are advised to buy professional cleaning solution to clean the nasal cavity in the hospital.