Follow up of patients
All patients were examined on the first postoperative day. The nasal pack, if any, was gently removed and hemostasis was assessed. The wound was cleaned with 5% betadine, and the patient was discharged on oral Amoxycillin/clavulanate (Hibiotic) one-gram tablets (Amoun pharmaceuticals company, Egypt) twice daily, ibuprofen (Brufen) 400 mg tablets (Abbot, Egypt) three times daily, and topical Antibiotic Gatifloxacin (Tymer) (Jamjoom Pharmaceuticals, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) eye drops four times daily for 10 days.One week postoperative, the skin sutures were removed, and oral medications discontinued. The patient was reviewed at 6 and 12 weeks. Tube removal was usually done at 12 weeks.