The Role of Preemptive Infiltration Anesthesia in the Management of Postoperative Pain Following Septoplasty

Abstract

Introduction Septoplasty is one of the most common surgical procedures in rhinology practice. Two major problems encountered after septoplasty are pain and bleeding. Preoperative administration of analgesics before the surgical stimulus, which is the main concept of preemptive analgesia, decreases postoperative pain.