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Swallowed nasal pack: a rare but serious complication of the management of epistaxis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

S. M. Hashmi ,
S. R. Gopaul ,
P. R. Prinsley  and
J. R. Sansom
S. M. Hashmi
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, James Paget Hospital, Great Yarmouth, UK.
S. R. Gopaul
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, James Paget Hospital, Great Yarmouth, UK.
P. R. Prinsley
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, James Paget Hospital, Great Yarmouth, UK.
J. R. Sansom
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, James Paget Hospital, Great Yarmouth, UK.
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Abstract

Packing of the nose with a suitable material remains a popular method of treating epistaxis. The authors report a serious complication of a new design of nasal pack; Rapid Rhino®, which was swallowed during the treatment of a patient with epistaxis, resulting in bowel perforation.

Keywords

EpistaxisProstheses And ImplantsIntestinal Perforation
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 118 , Issue 5 , May 2004 , pp. 372 - 373
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2004

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