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Know How, When, and When Not to Report NSB Reduction

Published on Wed Aug 17, 2022

Question: I received an operative report that said “b/l destruction of intranasal tissue by shaver and cautery using internal approach - under nasal endoscopy, a small incision was performed anterior to swell body lesions, shaver was introduced through this incision, and swell body lesions were shaved. Electric cautery was then introduced, finalized the ablation of swell body lesions; procedure was performed [...]
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