The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of four different types of nasal packs on pain, nasal fullness and postoperative bleeding following septoplasty. Prospective randomised double blind study was conducted. The study group included 119 patients who underwent endonasal septoplasty under general anaesthesia. Four types of nasal packing materials were utilized: (1) Merocel standard 8-cm nasal dressing without airway, (2) Doyle Combo splint (DCS), (3) Merocel in a glove finger and (4) Vaseline gauze. All packs were removed at the 48th hour (±3 h) after the surgery. Three different variables were investigated following the surgical procedure: (1) pain, (2) nasal fullness and (3) bleeding after removal of the nasal packing material. DCS produced the greatest pain at the first and sixth postoperative hours. At the first postoperative day, the greatest pain score was reported for Merocel in the glove finger and the least for Merocel. The pain scores during the removal of the nasal packings were highest for Merocel and lowest for Merocel in the glove finger. DCS had the lowest nasal fullness score. Bleeding ratio was highest for Merocel, followed by Vaseline gauze, DCS and Merocel in the glove finger. Many different commercially available packing materials are presently used, each with inherent advantages and disadvantages. We evaluated the pain, nasal fullness and bleeding potential of four nasal packing materials and determined that Merocel had the highest pain potential during removal and the highest rate of bleeding following removal.
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