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Table 1 Decongestants used by the respondent in ESS. Many respondents use more than one agent

From: Contemporary decongestant practices of Canadian otolaryngologists for endoscopic sinus surgery

 

Number of Respondentsa

Percentage of Total

Epinephrine (any preparation)

63

66%

Epinephrine (isolated)

60

63%

Xylometazoline

44

46%

Oxymetazoline

35

36%

Cocaine (any preparation)

26

27%

Cocaine (isolated)

22

23%

Moffett’s Solution

6

6%

Other

4

4%

Phenylephrine

1

1%

  1. aRespondents who use Moffett’s solution (Cocaine + Epinephrine) were counted in the rows “Cocaine (any preparation)” and “Epinephrine (any preparation)”, respectively, with redundancies subtracted. One respondent responding “Other” commented that they do not perform ESS