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Re: 24 hr Ph Probe Apprehensiveness

From: Mark Vierra, MD
Date: 02/18/01
Time: 07:46:20

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Your nose can certainly be numbed before passage of the catheter, which is very small, and I don't think the sinus surgery, as long as everything is healed, should make it any worse. I don't hear patients complain about the passage of the catheter; instead, some have problems leaving it in for the 24 hours. I tried one just so I would know what it was like, and frankly, was pretty much able to forget about it.

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