If conservative treatment does not bring the desired result, surgery may be required. There is only surgical pathology in otorhinolaryngology, where it is impossible not to operate. Depending on the individual reaction of the body and the quality of the surgical intervention, a situation where an otolaryngologist refers a patient for re-operation.
When are repeated ENT surgeries necessary?
In most cases, modern otorhinolaryngologists use electronic endoscopic instruments, high-energy lasers, radio wave instruments, microdebriders, piezotomes and other modern devices. This allows you to perform operations with high precision, without accidental damage to nearby tissues. But there are still situations when complications develop, requiring repeated surgery.
In any case, repeated surgical interventions are always much more complicated than primary ones, and their results are less predictable. Therefore, you should always approach the choice of a surgeon and clinic very carefully.
Depending on the diagnosis, there are predictable reoperations, for example:
- For polypous rhinosinusitis in adults.
- For early adenotomy in children.
- Reoperations as a result of any postoperative events.
The risk of reoperation does not always depend on the level of qualifications of the otorhinolaryngologist and the quality of the surgical intervention performed.
Reoperations include:
- Early postoperative complications (mainly bleeding).
- Late-term complications (scarring, trauma in the postoperative period, repeated deviated septum, synechiae, etc.).
- Rejection of changing the shape of the nose during rhinoplasty and a number of other complications.
Depending on the complexity of the operation, the frequency and severity of possible complications depends.
When choosing a good clinic for surgery and an experienced surgeon, the patient minimizes the percentage of adverse outcomes.
