Nasal bone fractures are the third most common fracture in the human skeleton, 90% of which involve septal injury.
Nasal bone fractures are the most common facial bone fracture in sports injurie...
Signs and symptoms:
Epista...
Needle aspiration or sharp incision and drainage under local or general anesthesia followed by suction of the clot, if needed, and irrigation 1,2,3:
Mucosal incision shou...
Patients and parents should be instructed on signs and symptoms of nasal septal hematoma because formation may be delayed up to 14 days after the initial trauma 3...
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Puricelli MD, Zitsch RPIII. Septal hematoma following nasal trauma. J Emerg Med. &#...
Special populations: children 4[C]:
Increased incidence of septal hematoma secondary to highly cartilaginous nasal skeleton
Minor trauma can lead to hematoma formation, even without sign...
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