OBJECTIVE: To design a cost effective, handy, easy to fabricate, ergonomic nasal speculum with a built-in light source. DESIGN: Instrumentation SETTING: Tertiary Government Hospital MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two 3cc syringes were mounted on each side of a nasal speculum to serve as battery cases for the two 1.5 volts battery. A laryngoscope bulb, connected to a metallic plate, made from the two long arms of a paper fastener, was then suspended from the speculum screw, with the bulb positioned in between the speculum blades. An electric wire connected the batteries and the metallic plate. The upper negative pole wire was connected to a ballpen spring and was glued near the fulcrum. The device illuminates automatically with opening of the speculum blades. RESULTS: Nasal speculite provided comparable visualization of the nasal cavity as that with a nasal speculum with head mirror and light source. The illumination was adequate and there was no more need for light focusing. There were no complaints of discomfort from the subjects. CONCLUSION: The Nasal speculite is a cost effective, handy, easy to fabricate ergonomic instrument that can be used by the ENT specialist at his/her own convenience, obviating the need for head mirrors and light source, in the examination of the nasal cavities. (Author)
NASAL CAVITY SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

This study is to demonstrate the effectiveness of intranasal endoscopy during silicone tube insertion in children with congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction. Participants were 10 children with symptoms of epiphora since birth. They underwent silicone tube insertion during the period of July 1998 to November 1999. Three were female and seven male. Mean age was 25.8 months, ranging from 15 to 44 months. Probing had been failed in five of them, once in two children and twice in the other three. Silicone tube insertion was done after identifying the cause of probing failure by observing the probe tip with intranasal endoscopy. The cause of tearing confirmed by intranasal endoscopic examination were mucosal obstruction in 5 cases, submucosal passing of the probe in 4 cases and obstruction due to pus collection in one case. In 4 cases in which the probe had passed into submucosal space, probing succeeded in three cases by placing the probe tip medially(nasal direction). There was accompanying abnormal bony structure in the other one case and we had to bend the probe tip with ethmoid forceps into nasal cavity to form the lacrimal pathway. When probing fails or is difficult to do due to poor cooperation, identifying the cause of failure with intranasal endoscopic examination and inserting silicone tube under direct visualization can minimize intranasal trauma and will lead to good outcome.
Child ; Diagnosis* ; Endoscopy ; Female ; Humans ; Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases ; Male ; Nasal Cavity ; Nasolacrimal Duct* ; Parturition ; Silicones ; Suppuration ; Surgical Instruments

OBJECTIVE: Insertion of a foreign body in the nasal cavity is a very common incident in children. It is easily diagnosed, but the type of foreign body varies and the extraction can sometimes be difficult with risk of complications. The present study reported nasal foreign bodies diagnosed in emergency in our ENT department, with an update on the state of knowledge. METHOD: A prospective study between Feb 2013 to Sept 2015 included patients admitted to the ENT emergency unit for nasal foreign body. Data comprised age, gender, circumstances of discovery, symptoms, type of foreign body, extraction method and complications. Many patients required anterior rhinoscope for the diagnosis and removal (179/249, 71. 9%), and 170 cases were directly removed and 9 cases were into alimentary canal; Most irregularly shaped objects were removed by a endoscope under general anesthesia (70/249, 28.1%), including button batteries (n= 65), nasal calculi (n = 2) and chopsticks (n = 3). RESULT The main types of foreign body were vegetal forms (61.8%). The incident was discovered following nasal symptoms in 24.9% (n = 62). Extraction was easy by using forceps, micro-hooks or suction in 71.9% of qn:Nasal sinuses foreign body on prevention, detailed history and make the necessary inspection, can improve the correct diagnostic rate.
Anesthesia, General ; Child ; Electric Power Supplies ; Endoscopy ; Foreign Bodies ; diagnosis ; therapy ; Humans ; Microsurgery ; Nasal Cavity ; pathology ; Paranasal Sinuses ; pathology ; Prospective Studies ; Suction ; Surgical Instruments

OBJECTIVE: To observe the self-developed horn type of titanium clamp used for inferior turbinate resection from filling effect. METHOD: Choose the cases of inferior turbinate resection of 152 cases randomly selected 92 cases (group) in 2-4 angle type titanium clip head-tail closed wound middle turbinate, and therefore more than nasal passages in the surgical wound, just as in the nasal passages above micro tamponade, bare breathing zone, keep the ventilation, 1- 3 days to take out the angle titanium clamp; 60 cases (control group) with vaseline oil gauze or postoperative Merocel hemostatic sponge tamponade nasal bleeding. Observation of 1-3 days after nasal ventilation, headache, nasal bleeding, dry mouth, tolerance is painful, aural fullness tinnitus, a total of 7 indicators of sleep. RESULT: The team outside the there was no difference in blood loss and the control group, the rest of the indicators is better than the control group. CONCLUSION The angle of titanium clamp used in inferior turbinate resection from stuffing, patients get better comfort, avoid drawn yarn of pain, improve the quality of perioperative patients with life.
Bandages ; Blood Loss, Surgical ; prevention & control ; Epistaxis ; prevention & control ; Female ; Formaldehyde ; administration & dosage ; Hemostatics ; administration & dosage ; Humans ; Male ; Microsurgery ; Nasal Cavity ; Polyvinyl Alcohol ; administration & dosage ; Postoperative Hemorrhage ; prevention & control ; Surgical Instruments ; Titanium ; Turbinates ; surgery