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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Sinusitis / April 2007Smell and Sinus Sugery
I am scheduled to get the following procedures: Septoplasty Bilateral Inferior Turbinate Outfracture & Cautery Bilateral Endoscopic Ethmoidectomy Bilateral Middle Meatal Antrostomy I have not been able to smell much since 2003 and am hoping to get some improvement out of this surgery. Improving my smell is not the goal of the surgery, improving my breathing is the goal of the surgery. What is the probablity that my sense of smell will improve after surgery? (assuming the surgery is 80% to 90% sucessful) > I am scheduled to get the following procedures: > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > What is the probablity that my sense of smell will improve after > surgery? (assuming the surgery is 80% to 90% sucessful) Try here: http://tinyurl.com/3am5cx  SignatureSteven D. Litvintchouk Email: sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me. On 4/2/07 10:32 AM, in article x6bQh.20420$Jl.18630@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net, "Steven L." <sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote: >> I am scheduled to get the following procedures: >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Try here: > http://tinyurl.com/3am5cx Its hard to tell if the smell nerves are swollen or dead. If swollen, whatever reduces swelling and edema is therapeutic. Eosinophiles produce a substance that is neurotoxic so irrigating this area to remove this material may be of benefit. > On 4/2/07 10:32 AM, in article > x6bQh.20420$Jl.18...@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net, "Steven L." [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Thanks for all the information but it seems that there is only a 50% chance of the surgery improving my smell. The article refers to patients having stage II, how can I determine what stage I have? I can smell only strong oders, like my clutch burning last Saturday and the sent of our local landfill. These strong oders then tend to "stay" in my nostrils for hours after last smelling the offending oder. Drives me crazy. My ansomia began in 2003 and slowly got worse till last summer when I first met with an ENT. Thanks for reading my ramble. I had no sense of smell for 22 months prior to deciding on FESS. When I say no sense of smell I mean none. Skunks, natural gas, garlic - nothing. After consulting with 6 folks who had the same experience (no smell) prior to their surgeries , 5 reported returned smell post surgery. Mine came back too although no where near as strong as it was before it went away. The diminished sense of smell is a godsend compared to no sense of smell. It has now been almost 3 years since my surgery. , > I am scheduled to get the following procedures: > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > What is the probablity that my sense of smell will improve after > surgery? (assuming the surgery is 80% to 90% sucessful) On 4/2/07 10:02 AM, in article 1175533321.441193.56880@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com, "higgledy" > Bilateral Inferior Turbinate Outfracture & Cautery After you read on Empty Nose Syndrome discuss this with your doctor. |
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