How-to guides

Step-by-step instructions you can follow at home and print to keep, from rinsing your nose to recovering after surgery.

Nose & Sinus

• Recovery guideBalloon Sinuplasty Recovery GuideSaline rinses, bleeding, activity limits and your first post-op visit after balloon sinuplasty.
• Recovery guideSeptoplasty Recovery GuideSplints, saline spray, bleeding and activity limits after septoplasty, with or without turbinate reduction.
• Recovery guideEndoscopic Sinus Surgery Recovery GuideSaline rinses, bleeding, pain medicine and your first post-op visit after FESS.
• Video guideHow to Do a Nasal Saline RinseSeven steps with a short video, plus which water is safe to use.

Ears & Hearing

• Recovery guideEar Tube Recovery GuideUsing ear drops, what drainage means, and bathing and swimming with tubes.

Throat & Voice

• Recovery guideTonsillectomy Recovery GuidePain medicine doses, eating and drinking, and when to call us.