The dressing is commonly impregnated with BIPP (bismuth, iodine, paraffin paste), which is bright yellow in colour and has a sweet, clinical odour. The BIPP dressing is removed as an out-patient after 1 to 2 weeks in one of our ENT Clinic procedure rooms, using micro forceps and the operating microscope.

Bismuth iodine paraffin paste is routinely used to pack nasal cavities. This was first used by James Morrison Rutherford Professor of surgery Durham 1 to dress first world war soldier's wounds. It is a topical astringent and antiseptic. It is soluble in …

2020年10月19日 · Both BIPP-impregnated ribbon gauze and ear wick with chloramphenicol ointment are safe and comparable methods of packing the EAC following tympanoplasty for both wet and dry tympanic membrane perforations.

BIPP-impregnated ribbon gauze and chloramphenicol/wick are both comparable methods for packing an ear following tympanoplasty for tympanic membrane perforation. This is useful information both for surgeons who commonly use BIPP and have a patient with a known iodine allergy, or who is not known to b …

2013年12月14日 · Patients randomized to having ear packs had a 4 in. length of 1.25 cm wide ribbon gauze impregnated with bismuth iodoform paraffin paste (BIPP) inserted into the operated external ear canal at the end of the surgery. BIPP was chosen, as it is still one of the most widely used ear packs after middle ear surgery in the UK . In the other group, no ...

This randomized prospective study compares the use of BIPP impregnated ribbon gauze (Aurum), Pope wicks (Xomed-Teace), silastic sheeting (Dow Corning) and tri-adcortyl ointment (Squibb) as an ear dressing following 'clear' middle ear procedures via a permeatal approach.

Aural Packing such as pope ear wick insertion is a common practice for treatment for severe otitis externa in outpatient setting. In severe otitis externa, the external auditory meatus is closed off by mucosal oedema and an ear wick is inserted, to aid delivery of …

Introduction: Bismuth Iodoform Paraffin Paste (BIPP) is commonly used in surgery today for wound dressing and cavity packing as well as following ear nose and throat procedures where pressure, antisepsis and/or haemostasis is required. It comes in the form of a paste or impregnated in a sterile gauze.

Results: Clinical improvement at the end of fourth day study was 90% in the BIPP group and 67% in the levoxacin group, and was 97%, 93% in BIPP, Levofloxacin group respectively, at the end of 10 day. The most commonly isolated organism was Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

2017年9月1日 · A retrospective study comparing adverse events using bismuth iodoform paraffin paste (BIPP) and Xeroform as dressings for newly fashioned mastoid cavities after mastoidectomy was undertaken....