IMPORTANCE A practical technique for reducing infectious complications from rhinoplasty would represent an important surgical advance. OBJECTIVES To describe the microbial flora of patients undergoing septorhinoplasty and to evaluate the role of preoperative and postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS We performed a retrospective medical record review of 363 ...

background due to prevalence of septorhinoplasty surgery in iran and in the world, and the importance of anesthetic technique in bleeding and conducting an accurate and uncomplicated surgery, we decided to compare the hemodynamic stability, bleeding and recovery time with the two techniques in the surgical anesthetic propofol and isoflurane in septorhinoplasty. material and methods this is a pr...

A 49 year old woman with typical obstructive sleep apnoea hypopnoea syndrome underwent an unsuccessful trial with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) followed by uvulopalatopharyngoplasty with septorhinoplasty, treatment with protriptyline, and a second CPAP trial that was abandoned. Transtracheal air was then given and normalised sleep and breathing at a flow rate of 5 l/min. A sustaine...

A 49 year old woman with typical obstructive sleep apnoea hypopnoea syndrome underwent an unsuccessful trial with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) followed by uvulopalatopharyngoplasty with septorhinoplasty, treatment with protriptyline, and a second CPAP trial that was abandoned. Transtracheal air was then given and normalised sleep and breathing at a flow rate of 5 l/min. A sustaine...