Treatment of nasal surgery complications.

Abstract

There are numerous articles on how to prevent and manage the untoward aesthetic and functional results of nasal surgery. However, little has been written on the disabling or life-threatening complications of nasal surgery. Recent series have reported the incidence of these complications to be between 5% and 18%. Severe complications from nasal surgery can be divided into the following four categories: hemorrhagic, infectious, traumatic, and miscellaneous. Postoperative hemorrhage is the most commonly seen problem. However, there are numerous case reports of toxic shock syndrome associated with nasal surgery and even of intracranial complications. In this article, we provide an overview of these complications and their treatment.