Nasal Surgery WITHOUT packing

Nasal surgery has long had the reputation for being a painful, uncomfortable procedure. If you ask anyone who has undergone an unpleasant nasal procedure, most times you will find that it was not the surgery that was bad, it was the postoperative nasal packing and its removal that caused all the problems. The main purpose of nasal packing is to decrease postoperative bleeding and scar formation.

The surgery technique used by the physicians at Nasal & Sinus Center of Austin does not require nasal packing. With this surgery technique, patients are able to breathe through their nose immediately after surgery and have a decreased risk of postoperative infection. The physicians of The Nasal and Sinus Center of Austin are committed to resolving all of your nasal and sinus issues using the most up to date methods with the least amount of discomfort.

Non-surgical options for sinus problems

Our approach at the Nasal and Sinus Center begins with the belief that very few such problems require surgical therapy. Malignant tumors, severe infections involving the eye, brain, facial bones, or blood stream are definitely surgical problems. However, almost all other nasal and sinus problems first require non-surgical therapy. Allergies and chronic sinus infections are the most common problems that we see, and most patients have tried different types of medical therapies, usually with mixed results. Many of our patients also have structural problems such as septal deviation, turbinate enlargement, air-filled turbinates, septal perforations, polyps, and adenoid enlargement. If the patient has not tried appropriate medical treatment, we start there. Even patients with structural problems may respond to this and get back to a reasonable quality of life. We use a host of non-surgical options and always lean heavily on our custom-made topical treatments with antihistamines, antibiotics, antifungals, and steroids. Patients who do not respond to the topical therapy may benefit from oral medicines and we may even go several weeks with antibiotic therapy when appropriate.

Quality of life is the best measure of effectiveness for our therapy, and when the medical therapies fail, we can consider minimally-invasive procedures. Persistant nasal stuffiness can be permanently relieved with a simple, in-office procedure done with local anesthesia to reduce the size of the inferior turbinates. Nasal lesions and even polyps may be easily removed in the office without general anesthesia.

We are extremely excited about being the first in Central Texas to introduce the Finess procedure in the office with local anesthesia. This new balloon technology allows us to open impacted sinuses without any tissue removal, virtually eliminating the risk of scarring. As you can see, we have an extensive array of non-surgical alternatives at the Nasal and Sinus Center of Austin.

Restore drainage and find instant sinus relief

Balloon sinus dilation is a new, minimally invasive office procedure that uses small balloons, similair to those used to open blocked arteries, to reopens the sinus pathways, restores drainage to deliver immediate and long lasting relief to sinusitis sufferers.


In balloon sinus dilation, the physician will location the area to be treated (frontal sinus, sphenoid sinus and/or maxillary sinus). He will then place the balloon device into position in the sinus cavity. The physician will then inflate a small balloon and dilate the treatment area. The balloon device will then be removed. This in-office procedure is done under local anesthesic with no downtime. It is also covered by most insurances.


Schedule a consultation with one of our physicians to see if the Balloon Sinuplasty is the right treatment for you!