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Foul smell after septoplasty and co-ablation inferior turbinate after 6 weeks.

RUPASHARApr 27, 2018
I UNDERWENT Septoplasty and Coablation Inferior Turbinoplasty on 9th March 2018. I am not well till now. My husband complaints of bad rotten smell from my nose.. I too smell the same. I visited my doctor four times after surgery... every time he Endoscopy and explains that there are excessive CRUSTING inside nose. please help...what should I do now ?

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