The effect of intranasal irrigation with epinephrine solution on intraoperative visualization and bleeding during FESS

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader The effect of intranasal irrigation with epinephrine solution on intraoperative visualization and bleeding during FESS Via http://link.springer.com/journal/405,European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology,The European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 Jun 27. doi: 10.1007/s00405-021-06952-w. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT PURPOSE: Bleeding during Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) can have adverse effect on surgical outcomes. This study evaluates if there is any benefit of adding epinephrine to the saline nasal irrigation in patients undergoing elective FESS for chronic rhinosinusitis. METHODS: A prospective, randomized, double-blinded study was performed. Fifty ASA I or II patients undergoing FESS were randomized to have irrigation either with normal saline or (1:100,000) epinephrine in normal saline during surgery. Outcomes measure included the Boezaart grading scale to assess the intraoperative surgical field, surgeon's satisfaction with field visualization and bleeding which was evaluated in a 10 cm visual analog scale, estimated blood loss as well as hemodynamic parameters changes. RESULTS: There was no statistically signific ant difference in the studied variables between both groups. However in patients with higher than 12 Lund-Mackay score the volume of blood loss was significantly less in the epinephrine group. All surgical procedures were completed and there were no operative complications or any reported perioperative cardiovascular events. CONCLUSIONS: Intraoperative irrigation with saline-epinephrine solution at a concentration of (1:100,000) is safe and does not change heart rate or blood pressure but is unlikely to improve the setting of intraoperative surgical field except for decreasing the volume of blood loss in patients with high Lund-Mackay score. PMID:34175968 | DOI:10.1007/s00405-021-06952-w View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.