Use of nasal packing post nasal surgery and use of CPAP perioperatively
Only one study reported the routine use of Doyle bivalve splints post nasal surgery (15) while the remaining studies did not provide information on nasal packing following nasal surgery.
There was a lack of data on the use of CPAP perioperatively. One study reported that all patients were started on CPAP two weeks after surgery (10). They did not report if all patients were previously on CPAP prior to surgery. In addition, there was no report on follow-up regarding the use of CPAP. Another study reported 23 patients on CPAP perioperatively but similarly, no additional information on post-operative compliance with CPAP (11). The remaining studies either did not have routine use of CPAP post-operatively (14) or did not report on use. One patient had a new prescription of CPAP on the first post-operative night due to ‘witnessed upper-airway obstruction’ having previously refused CPAP but it was not stated what surgery this patient had undergone (16).