Rancid odor in the nose after sinusitis surgery may be related to medical foreign body residue, acute sinusitis, postoperative sinus atresia, etc.
1. Medical foreign body residues: the non-degradable and absorbable drug carriers and stuffing materials such as gauze and tampons are commonly used during surgery, and most of them will be counted and taken out at the end of the surgery. Some doctors do not do a post-operative inventory due to carelessness, may be such substances retained in the surgical cavity, and in secondary infection after the production of putrid odor.
2. Acute sinusitis: patients under the stress of surgical trauma may cause a decline in resistance and secondary anaerobic infection, resulting in postoperative putrid odor.
3. Postoperative sinus atresia: mostly seen in maxillary sinus, frontal sinus, pterygoid sinus postoperative sinus atresia, with the operation of sinus opening incomplete, sinus opening around the mucous membrane damage, a wide range of exposed bone and the patient’s own recovery factors caused by scar proliferation. If intraoperative survival of pus accumulation in the sinus, can also be secondary to anaerobic bacteria or fungal infections, manifested in, after surgery, the symptoms of putrid smell in the nose.
When there is a putrid odor in the nose after sinusitis surgery, there are other possibilities, you should actively inform the medical staff, identify the causes, and standardize the diagnosis and treatment.