Intranasal steroid injections and blindness: our personal experience and a review of the past 60 years.

Objectives/hypothesis: To assess for the safety of intranasal steroid injections.

Study Design: Retrospective chart review and review of the medical literature.

Methods: Seventy-eight patients with chronic rhinitis or sinusitis underwent 237 intraturbinate or intrapolyp triamcinolone acetonide injections between April 2008 and June 2013 at a single, private, outpatient otolaryngology clinic.