| Nasal surgery, whether for cosmetic and/or reconstructive purposes typically requires some surgeon-inserted ?packing? placed into the nose at the conclusion of the operation. For some patients, the lack of normal nasal air flow induces anxiety and claustrophobia. The obligatory mouth-breathing causes a dry throat and discomfort. The breath can become unsavory, malodorous. Smell, critical to the enjoyment of food, is compromised. This much-maligned ?horrible packing? is considered such a dreadful prospect that some patients defer or reject out-of-hand the opportunity to have a very successful, once-in-a-lifetime surgery. The chance to improve symptoms of allergy and prevent significant complications such as sinus infection, besides preventing snoring and compromising smell and taste is lost.
The Kotler Nasal Airway System from Anthony Products is a unique new device to facilitate patient comfort during nasal surgery's immediate post-operative period. In studies, patients that had the new airway device employed were ecstatic with being able to breath through the nose despite the nose being otherwise completely packed. Even before the surgery is performed, knowing that they ?will be able to breathe, after surgery, even though the nose is packed? is an anxiety-reliever. Providing such an advantage/benefit is a major victory -- and a PR coupe -- for the nasal surgeon. From such happy patients come referrals and increased utilization of successful services. The Kotler Nasal Airway System is a multi-component kit, centered on a one piece, two-tube nasal airway appliance that is inserted by the surgeon following conclusion of the operation. The airways, made of soft latex-free, medical grade silicone, are connected by a bridge. This airway device provides a certain corridor for adequate air passage through both nasal passages without compromising any packing?s or cavity filler?s important missions.
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