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Wormald Surgical Field Grading scale median scores by anatomic subsite*
| Anesthetic | Right side | Left side | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontal | Ethmoid | SE recess | Choana | Frontal | Ethmoid | SE recess | Choana | |
| TIVA | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3 |
| IA | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
| p | 0.0196 | 0.0108 | 0.0027 | 0.0500 | 0.0284 | 0.0029 | 0.0106 | 0.1031 |
Values of p < 0.05 are considered statistically significant.
IA = inhaled anesthetic; SE = sphenoethmoidal; TIVA = total intravenous anesthetic.
