title: Innovative management of nasal septal hematoma in an infant.
abstract: Nasal septal hematoma is a collection of blood between the cartilage or bone and mucoperichondrium or mucoperiosteum of the nose. This condition requires immediate surgical drainage to prevent complications. All patients need nasal packing postoperatively to prevent recurrence. This causes a lot of discomforts due to mouth breathing more in infants who are obligatory nose breathers. They can go for cyanosis in the postoperative period. Here, we discuss the case report of an infant who had tubular nasal pack with endotracheal tube postoperatively to maintain the patency of nose.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chromepet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sumitha
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chromepet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Ajay Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Anandan
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chromepet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Aberna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Govarthanaraj
keywords: Endotracheal tube; septal hematoma; tubular pack