Table 1.
Effect of absorbable nasal pack on nasal wound healing parameters.
| Absorbable Nasal Pack | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study | Intervention | Control | Endoscopic | Adhesion | Granulation | Edema |
| [33] | Gelatin film | Unpacked | NA | = | = | NA |
| [34] | Gelatin foam | Unpacked | NA | = | = | = |
| [35] | Hyaluronan gel | Polyvinyl acetate (PVA) | NA | + | NA | NA |
| [36] | Hyaluronan gel | PVA | NA | = | NA | = |
| [38] | Hyaluronan gel | PVA | = | NA | NA | NA |
| [37] | Hyaluronan gel | Unpacked | NA | = | NA | = |
| [39] | Hyaluronan gel | Unpacked | + | + | NA | NA |
| [40] | Hyaluronan gel | Unpacked | NA | + | NA | NA |
| [41] | Fibrin glue | PVA | NA | NA | NA | + |
| [42] | Chitosan gel | Unpacked | = | NA | NA | + |
| [43] | Chitosan gel | Unpacked | = | NA | NA | + |
| [44] | Cellulose powder | PVA | + | + | NA | + |
| [45] | Potato starch | Gelatin-thrombin matrix | NA | NA | NA | = |
| [46] | Carboxymethyl cellulose | Potato starch | = | = | = | = |
| [47] | Polyurethane foam | Unpacked | + | NA | NA | + |
| [48] | Polyethylene glycol | Hyaluronan gel | NA | = | NA | = |
NA (Not applicable); + (Favors intervention); = (Equivalent).