Effect of Fentanyl Nasal Packing Treatment on Patients With Acute Postoperative Pain After Nasal Operation: A Randomized Double-Blind Controlled Trial.

CONCLUSION: Fentanyl group showed significantly reduced postoperative pain without serious adverse effects. We suggest that topical fentanyl application to nasal packs can be a useful method to reduce pain during the early postoperative period after endoscopic sinus surgery and septoplasty.
PMID: 29519133 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology - March 1, 2018 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Kim KS, Yeo NK, Kim SS, Park WS, Kwak SH, Cho SH, Sung GW, Kim HS, Yi SW, Cho HJ Tags: Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Source Type: research