Pre-Operative Recommendations To Avoid Risks
- Do not take aspirin or acetylsalicylic acid, vitamin E, ginkgo biloba, and green tea for at least two weeks before surgery.
- If you have a cold, sinusitis or an infection of the skin of the nose, you cannot be operated on.
- Wash your face and hair the night before surgery. Attend the surgery with comfortable clothes and don’t wear makeup
- Remember to bring all laboratory and radiological examinations.
- Do not forget that you must arrive on an empty stomach for at least 8 hours.
Nasal bleeding is unusual but possible and can occur during or after surgery.
That is why one of the recommendations before surgery is not to ingest aspirin or anti-inflammatory drugs for 10 days before, because this type of drug increases the risk of bleeding.
The pressure that is not controlled can also be one of the risk and cause bleeding.
Depending on the complexity and type of surgery, damage (temporary or permanent) may occur to the deeper structures of the nose, such as nerves, tear ducts, blood vessels, and muscles.
At other times, numbness or lack of sensation may occur in the skin of the nose.