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Revision as of 07:36, 9 July 2016
Background
- Always assess for associated head, face, and neck injuries
Clinical Features
- Nasal deformity, bony crepitus
- Profuse epistaxis
- Periorbital ecchymosis in the absence of other findings of orbital injury
Differential Diagnosis
Maxillofacial Trauma
- Ears
- Nose
- Oral
- Other face
- Zygomatic arch fracture
- Zygomaticomaxillary (tripod) fracture
- Related
Diagnosis
- Clinical diagnosis (imaging rarely needed)
Management
Most nasal fractures do not require immediate intervention
- Exclude other associated traumatic injuries
- Treat septal hematoma if present
- Immediately incise and drain
- Consider ED reduction (only if patient presents before significant swelling has occurred)
- Anesthesia
- Place lidocaine soaked cotton pledgets for 5 minutes
- Inject local anesthetic
- Perform infraorbital and supraorbital nerve block if needed
- Reduction
- Insert elevator until contact is made with the depressed nasal bone
- Lift depressed nasal bone anteriorly and laterally in one fluid motion
- Use external splinting and/or nasal packing to maintain alignment
- Anesthesia
Disposition
- Outpatient
- Refer to ENT within 6-10 days regardless of whether perform reduction or not
- No nose blowing