Functional Endoscopic Sinus and Nasal Surgeries under Local Anesthesia: Our 15-Year Experience

details on the approach to the sinuses that were operated on, total surgical duration, and primary or revision surgery status.All of the surgeries were performed by the main author.Patients' data were analyzed and tabulated.Patients selected for surgery were assessed a day prior and admitted at 6:00 PM.At 10:00 PM, patients were given alprazolam 0.5 mg, levocetirizine 5 mg, and pantoprazole 40 mg orally.They were then instructed to be nil oral from midnight until the morning of surgery, which mostly occurred between 6:00 AM and 10:00 AM.Most patients were preoperatively prepared with oral prednisolone for 5-7 days.Patients with allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (AFRS) IntroductIonFunctional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) is a surgery routinely performed by ENT surgeons under general anesthesia (GA).FESS can also be performed as a day-care procedure under local anesthesia (LA) with sedation.In India, minimal FESS and septal corrections are still operated on under LA.Data is collected to determine the outcomes of FESS and nasal surgeries performed under LA from 2008 to 2022 (15 years)