• Clin Otolaryngol Allied Sci · Aug 1990

    Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial

    A randomized comparison of manipulation of the fractured nose under local and general anaesthesia.

    • J A Cook, R D McRae, R M Irving, and L N Dowie.
    • Department of Otolaryngology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK.
    • Clin Otolaryngol Allied Sci. 1990 Aug 1;15(4):343-6.

    AbstractReduction of simple nasal fractures may be performed under local or general anaesthesia: the latter is by far the most popular method in Britain, though why is hard to define. We have attempted to compare the 2 approaches by means of a randomized, prospective trial. Fifty consecutive, adult patients with radiologically proved fractures of the nasal bones were randomized to a local or general anaesthesia group and underwent manipulation with Asch's and Walsham's forceps between 7 and 15 days post-injury. Analysis of results at 4 h and 8 weeks post-operatively showed no significant benefit conferred by fracture reduction under general anaesthesia as opposed to local anaesthesia with respect to post-operative airway patency or cosmesis. It is suggested that significant benefits can be obtained in terms of patient convenience and cost effectiveness if nasal fractures are reduced under local anaesthesia as an outpatient procedure.

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