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LETTERS & E-MAILS
Solving the Post-Op Airway
Obstruction Problem in Sinus Surgery
◗ Re: "6 Tips for Efficient
ENT" (December, page 49).
I've invented a nasal airway
device (www.kotlernasalairway.com) that lets patients
NASAL TUBES The Kotler nasal airway lets patients
breathe through their nose after nasal or sinus surgery
despite the nose being completely packed.
avoid the misery of not being able to breathe after nasal surgery
because the nose is packed to prevent bleeding and promote healing.
Think of putting a soft drinking straw onto the floor of the nose and you
have the idea. The pair of nasal airways, for the right and left nasal passages, is made of soft silicone plastic tubes that let air pass through the
channel for 1 to 5 days after surgery. Providing such a normal route for
breathing after surgery erases a huge negative that has long plagued nasal
and sinus procedures. The days of patients reluctantly tolerating their
noses completely stuffed after otherwise successful surgery, with that
pounding pressure, ear popping and claustrophobia, should now be a thing
of the past. Even if the nose isn't packed, the patient benefits because there
is always internal swelling, and mucus and blood accumulation.
Packing or no packing, the patient is happy. And that is what topquality medical care should be about.
Robert Kotler, MD, FACS
Beverly Hills, Calif.
rkotler@robertkotlermd.com
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