Chapter 17 Otorhinolaryngologic
Surgery Short Answer Nasal Surgery
Exam Question & Answers 2025
What causes the nasal septum to deviate from the midline? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Aging, trauma
Prior to the case, a separate small setup may be used to prepare the
site and provide analgesia and hemostasis. What is used for the setup?
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Extra Mayo, nasal speculum, bayonet
forceps, local anesthetic with epinephrine, 10mL Luer-lock syringe with
25 gauge needles, cocaine and/or oxymetazoline, cottonoids.
Why do you think bayonet-style forceps would be used for a deep hole
such as a nostril? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔They are thin and long,
allowing them to reach through a deep hole without punching
structures.
If the case is posted as a septoplasty/septorhinoplasty, what
procedure(s) would be done during the case? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Septoplasty, rhinoplasty, mentoplasty
What will be included in the postoperative dressings for a septoplasty?
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Internal and external splints with a
"mustache" dressing. Metal and fiberglass splint.
Surgery Short Answer Nasal Surgery
Exam Question & Answers 2025
What causes the nasal septum to deviate from the midline? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Aging, trauma
Prior to the case, a separate small setup may be used to prepare the
site and provide analgesia and hemostasis. What is used for the setup?
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Extra Mayo, nasal speculum, bayonet
forceps, local anesthetic with epinephrine, 10mL Luer-lock syringe with
25 gauge needles, cocaine and/or oxymetazoline, cottonoids.
Why do you think bayonet-style forceps would be used for a deep hole
such as a nostril? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔They are thin and long,
allowing them to reach through a deep hole without punching
structures.
If the case is posted as a septoplasty/septorhinoplasty, what
procedure(s) would be done during the case? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Septoplasty, rhinoplasty, mentoplasty
What will be included in the postoperative dressings for a septoplasty?
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Internal and external splints with a
"mustache" dressing. Metal and fiberglass splint.
