Efficacy of Rhinomer® Force 3 versus a Serum Physiological Spray in Post-operative Care of the Nasal Cavity after Endonasal Surgery

Abstract

The efficacy of Rhinomer® Force 3 versus serum physiological spray was compared in 98 patients who had undergone endonasal surgery (septoplasty, rhinoplasty or endoscopic sinus surgery). The patients were randomly divided into two groups and asked to use for 1 month either Rhinomer® Force 3, isotonic, sterile, undiluted sea water, or serum physiological spray was given 2 days after surgery in the patients with anterior nasal pack and 4 hour after surgery in the patients without nasal pack. Nasal status was assessed by rhinologic endoscopy, 4 mm, 00 nasal endoscope, on days 2, 7, 15 and 30 following surgery. On the 7th and 15th days, the efficacy was statistically significant for Rhinomer. In this study, Rhinomer containing trace and minor elements and providing active and dynamic cleansing of the nose, was found to be efficacious in the healing of the nasal cavity following endonasal surgery.

Keywords

• endonasal surgery
• sea water
• irrigation of nasal cavity.