Septoplasty Under Local Anesthesia

Septoplasty is usually performed under general anesthesia or local anesthesia with sedation. Nevertheless, septoplasty under pure local anesthesia is also feasible and it shows a great potential for fast-track surgery. This article presents a patient with nasal septal deviation where septoplasty was managed under local anesthesia at an outpatient clinic. Treatment and postoperative period were routine. Septoplasty under local anesthesia showed a great potential in adequately selected patient. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Bojan Obradovic, MD, DMD, Dental/Medical Center of Maxillofacial Surgery "Aleja-Centar,", Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina; E-mail: obradovicb@live.com; alejacentar@gmail.com Received 31 July, 2018 Accepted 22 August, 2018 The author reports no conflicts of interest. © 2018 by Mutaz B. Habal, MD.

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