PURPOSE To report a case of accidental ingestion of a nasal packing gauze during endonasal endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (en-DCR) under local anesthesia. CASE REPORT A 66-year-old female patient underwent an en-DCR for a right acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction. The surgery was performed in a supine position under local anesthesia. An X-ray detectable ribbon gauze soaked in 0.02% epine...

A case of severe arterial epistaxis treated by transantral ligation of the maxillary artery is reported. A 66-year-old woman had recurrent left sided epistaxis from the posterior nasal cavity which was difficult to control by conventional nasal packing methods. Selective angiography was performed to identify the arterial flow patterns and site of bleeding which was confirmed to be the descendin...

We designed a simple model to illustrate posterior nasal packing to inexperienced trainees in a classroom environment. The plunger and the smaller end of a 20ml syringe, which is cut off, are discarded. The hollow syringe represents the nasal cavity. A Foley catheter is inserted from one end until it exits at the other end, representing the catheter’s tip seen in the oropharynx. While pulling t...