What You Should Know Before the Sinus Surgery Starts

Mile High Otolaryngology, Denver provide Endoscopic Sinus Surgery With Or Without Turbinate Surgery to patients of all ages.

Here are the steps to remember before the surgery starts:

1. Enter the clinic before 90 minutes from the surgery time.
2. Prior to your surgery, adults are advised nothing to eat or drink.
3. Do not take aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) within 7 days of the procedure to decreases the chance of bleeding problems during and after surgery.

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Sinus Surgery Instructions

PREOPERATIVE INSTRUCTIONS:

• Arrive 90 minutes prior to your surgery time.
• Night prior to your surgery, adult shouldn’t eat or drink after midnight.
• But toddlers and Infant may take liquids 6 hours before the Surgery time.
• Avoid taking ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), aspirin or products that contain medications within 7 days of the Surgery time.

POSTOPERATIVE INSTRUCTIONS:

• Pain from sinus surgery feels like an acute sinus infection. It usually stays about one week. If possible, take day off from work or school for 7 days.
•  Bloody drainage will be noted approximately two weeks after surgery,
• Swelling and rarely bruising can be seen around the eyes. Call if obvious swelling of the eyelids occurs.
•  Large crusts can come from the nose for 3-4 weeks after surgery.
•  After surgery antibiotics are rarely required and are not prescribed.
• Even after complete healed, you need to be seen in office every two weeks for cleaning the sinus cavities, so that it decreases the chance of acute infection postoperatively.

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