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==Treatment== | ==Treatment== | ||
''Most nasal fractures do not require immediate intervention'' | ''Most nasal fractures do not require immediate intervention'' | ||
#Exclude other associated traumatic injuries | #Exclude other associated traumatic injuries | ||
#Treat septal hematoma if present | #Treat [[septal hematoma]] if present | ||
#*Immediately incise and drain | #*Immediately incise and drain | ||
#Consider ED reduction (only if patient presents before significant swelling has occurred) | #Consider ED reduction (only if patient presents before significant swelling has occurred) | ||
#*Anesthesia | #*Anesthesia | ||
#**Place | #**Place l[[idocaine]] soaked cotton pledgets for 5 minutes | ||
#**Inject local anesthetic | #**Inject local anesthetic | ||
#**Perform [[Nerve Block: Infraorbital|infraorbital]] and [[Nerve Block: supraorbital|supraorbital]] nerve block if needed | #**Perform [[Nerve Block: Infraorbital|infraorbital]] and [[Nerve Block: supraorbital|supraorbital]] nerve block if needed | ||
Revision as of 18:17, 3 December 2015
Background
- Always assess for associated head, face, and neck injuries
Clinical Features
- Nasal deformity, bony crepitus
- Profuse epistaxis
- Periorbital ecchymosis in the absence of other findings of orbital injury
Differential Diagnosis
Maxillofacial Trauma
- Ears
- Nose
- Oral
- Other face
- Zygomatic arch fracture
- Zygomaticomaxillary (tripod) fracture
- Related
Diagnosis
- Clinical diagnosis (imaging rarely needed)
Treatment
Most nasal fractures do not require immediate intervention
- Exclude other associated traumatic injuries
- Treat septal hematoma if present
- Immediately incise and drain
- Consider ED reduction (only if patient presents before significant swelling has occurred)
- Anesthesia
- Place lidocaine soaked cotton pledgets for 5 minutes
- Inject local anesthetic
- Perform infraorbital and supraorbital nerve block if needed
- Reduction
- Insert elevator until contact is made with the depressed nasal bone
- Lift depressed nasal bone anteriorly and laterally in one fluid motion
- Use external splinting and/or nasal packing to maintain alignment
- Anesthesia
Disposition
- Outpatient
- Refer to ENT within 6-10d regardless of whether perform reduction or not
- No nose blowing