The comparison of bacteremia and amount of bleeding during septoplasty

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the amount of bleeding and bacteremia during nasal septal surgery. Seventy-one patients undergoing septoplasty were enrolled in the present study . The amount of bleeding was measured and recorded for each patient. Preoperative and po...

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Published in:European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology 2012-04, Vol.269 (4), p.1139-1142
Main Authors: Koc, Sema, Uysal, İsmail Onder, Uysal, Elif Bilge, Yenişehirli, Gülgün, Duygu, Fazilet
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Bacteremia - epidemiology
Bacteremia - etiology
Blood Loss, Surgical - statistics & numerical data
Child
Epistaxis - epidemiology
Epistaxis - etiology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Head and Neck Surgery
Humans
Incidence
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Nasal Septum - surgery
Neurosurgery
Nose Deformities, Acquired - surgery
Otorhinolaryngology
Prognosis
Prospective Studies
Rhinology
Rhinoplasty - methods
Risk Factors
Turkey - epidemiology
Young Adult
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Summary:The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the amount of bleeding and bacteremia during nasal septal surgery. Seventy-one patients undergoing septoplasty were enrolled in the present study . The amount of bleeding was measured and recorded for each patient. Preoperative and postoperative blood cultures were collected immediately after the induction of anesthesia and 20 min after the operation, respectively. While none of the blood cultures taken preoperatively were positive for any organism, the cultures obtained postoperatively were positive in 9 (12.7%) of 71 patients who underwent septoplasty, and bacteremia was more frequent among those with a greater amount of bleeding during the surgery. The results of this study suggest that although bacteremia had no clinical consequences for patients, patients with more bleeding have an increased risk of developing bacteremia which may cause complications in higher risk individuals.
ISSN:0937-4477
1434-4726
DOI:10.1007/s00405-011-1789-2