Endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) is a globally disseminated, well-documented procedure. To determine whether post-ESS wound healing would benefit from wet dressing using calcium alginate fiber (Algoderm™) nasal packing, we monitored 173 subjects-106 men and 67 women-with nasoparanasal disease treated using ESS between April 2005 and March 2008. We evaluated postoperative pain on a numerical rating scale (0-5), and the postoperative complications of nasal bleeding and infection of the 173, 116 patients (67%), scored pain as &gt
2 on the day after surgery, but dropped to &lt
20%, on the day after surgery on postoperative day (POD) 7,16% patients felt strong pain when Algoderm™ was removed. Postoperative complications involved 9 subjects (5. 2%) with postoperative bleeding and 78 (45.1%) with high fever (&gt
37. 5°C). Almost all fever lasted until POD2. When Algoderm™ was removed, infection- free wound healing was confirmed in almost all patients. Algoderm™ had no foul smell in any case. Nasal packing with Algoderm™ thus appears beneficial postoperatively in ESS-treated subjects.