<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Nasal packing is used primarily to control bleeding, for internal stabilization and to prevent postoperative complications in endonasal surgeries. Nasal septal clip is one of the alternatives, whose effectiveness in surgical practice is less studied upon.<strong> </strong>To compare the effectiveness between nasal septal clip and anterior nasal packing following septoplasty/submucous resection.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> Prospective Randomised Controlled Study was conducted in Department of Otolaryngology at Vijayanagara Institution of Medical Sciences, Bellary, between November 2014 to May 2016. Study involved 100 patients fulfilling inclusion and exclusion criteria. Adopting sealed envelope technique, patients were allotted into two equal groups for anterior nasal pack and nasal septal clip following septoplasty or submucosal resection. Interventions were done following standard procedures and data was collected by using pre-tested proforma.  </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> Mean age of anterior nasal pack group and nasal septal clip group was 27.86 and 25.24 years respectively. Intra-operatively, packing with nasal septal clip was easier with significantly less trauma to mucous membrane (X²= 6.353, P= 0.011), consuming significantly less time (t= 9.329, P&lt;0.0001) and support provided to septum could be assessed visually when compared to anterior nasal packing. During immediate post-operative period and while pack removal, nasal septal clip had significantly less complications (P &lt; 0.001). Follow-up complications like septal haematoma, synaechiae &amp; septal perforations were lesser in nasal septal clip group</p><p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> During intra-operative period, immediate post-operative period, during nasal pack removal and during follow-up period nasal septal clip provided technical superiority, smooth post-operative experience and lesser complications compared to anterior nasal packing proving nasal septal clip to be a better choice for nasal packing. Limitations of NSC are its availability and cost. </p>

Pseudocyst or seroma of the pinna is the accumulation of serous fluid between the perichondrium and cartilage of pinna. Though there are several surgical techniques in the treatment of seroma, recurrence is common. The aim and objective of this preliminary study is to present and discuss a novel technique of treating pseudocyst of pinna which is practiced at Karwar Institute of Medical sciences. A prospective study was done with a novel procedure ''Transwindow suture technique'' for the treatment of pseudocyst of pinna in four patients. Three of the four patients had a very good results without any recurrence. One patient had a small quantity of recollection due to premature closure of the skin window which was successfully corrected. In this preliminary study we had encouraging results in the treatment of pseudocyst of pinna. A large scale prospective study would demonstrate the effectiveness of this procedure.

<p class="abstract">Suppurative otitis media is one of the most common ear diseases in developing countries. The advent of antibiotics has decreased the otogenic complications of this disease. Benzold’s abscess is one such rare complication of chronic suppurative otitis media. The study was done with the objective to report a case of a patient presenting with Bezold’s abscess as a complication of chronic suppurative otitis media. The case report included a 13 year old female presented with a complaint of foul smelling and scanty discharge in left ear for the past 2 years. She developed fever &amp; a painful swelling in left side of neck extending from the tip of mastoid to the angle of mandible which was of 1 week duration. Clinical examinations and investigations revealed as left sided chronic suppurative otitis media (active squamosal type) with severe conductive hearing loss with a rare extracranial complication of Bezold’s abscess. Chronic suppurative otitis media can lead to a rare complication of Bezold’s abscess<span lang="EN-IN">.</span></p>