Aim: The main objective of this study was to determine the effect of bilateral nasal packing on systemic blood pressure in patients treated with septoplasty surgical procedure.

Study Design: Retrospective study.

Place and Duration: This study was conducted at the department of ENT/ Head & Neck Surgery, Lady Reading Hospital MTI, Peshawar and Chaudhary Muhammad Akram Teaching and Research Hospital, Lahore for duration of one year from October 2020 to September 2021.

Methods: One hundred and two men and women who had undergone nasal septoplasty following a clinical assessment were included in this research. From 18 to 48 years of age, the patients comprised this group. Detailed information about each patient, such as age, gender, and place of residence, was gathered after informed consent was obtained from each patient. Group C had no nasal packing placed, whereas typical anterior nasal packing was used in Group D. Both groups were evenly split. A 24-hour ambulatory monitoring of blood pressure was performed on all patients before to and during septoplasty. SPSS 23.0 was used to do statistical analysis on all of the data.

Results: 60 (58.8%) of the 102 patients were male, and 42 (41.2%) of the patients were female. A total of 41 (40.2 percent) patients were under the age of 30, 35 (34.3 percent) were between the ages of 31 and 40, and 26 (25.5 percent) were above the age of 40. Rural residents comprised 52% of the patients. Study participants in Group D were found to have higher mean blood pressure (p-Value 0.05) following septoplasty therapy than those in Group C (P-Value >0.05). Group D patients had bleeding, vestibulitis, and septal perforations as a result of their nasal packing procedure.

Conclusion: It is determined that bilateral nasal packing was associated with an elevation in either systolic or diastolic blood pressure in individuals who had septoplasty treatment. Patient who did not get nasal packing showed no statistically significant change from the rest of the group.

Keywords: Septoplasty, Bilateral Nasal Packing, Systemic blood pressure