Introduction Nasal packing plays an important role in the treatment of epistaxis, whether it occurs iatrogenically after surgery or spontaneously or due to other primary diseases. A feared, albeit rare complication is the dislocation of the nasal packing, for which lethal courses have been described in the literature. Because of this, there is a great reluctance in Germany about the outpatient management of patients with nasal packing.
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