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Effect of packing on nasal mucosa of sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Chi-kee Leslie Shaw ,
Robert B. Dymock ,
Allison Cowin  and
Peter-John Wormald
Chi-kee Leslie Shaw
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Robert B. Dymock
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Allison Cowin
Affiliation:
CRC for Tissue Growth and Repair, Child Health Research Institute, the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Peter-John Wormald
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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Abstract

The effects of packing with ribbon gauze and neuropatties on the nasal mucosa was assessed using sheep as an animal model. Fourteen sheep either underwent ribbon gauze or neuropattie nasal packing. Trauma to nasal mucosa caused by ribbon gauze and neuropatties was compared to mucosa on the lateral aspect of the middle turbinate which was not in contact with any packing. This tissue was used as a control. Ribbon gauze packing resulted in significant loss of 68 per cent of the ciliated surface of the mucosa when compared with the control group with a 15 per cent loss of ciliated surface (p < 0.005). Neuropattie packing also resulted in significant loss of 50 per cent of the ciliated surface of the mucosa when compared with the control group (p < 0.005). There was no significant difference in loss of ciliated mucosa in the specimens packed with ribbon gauze or neuropatties (p = 0.25).

Nasal packing results in a significant mucosal injury with loss of cilia. This may influence the mucociliary clearance of the nose in the post-operative healing phase. Pre-operative nasal packing should be used circumspectly and if possible avoided.

Keywords

NoseNasalmucosaOcclusivedressingsSheep
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 114 , Issue 7 , July 2000 , pp. 506 - 509
Copyright
Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2000

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