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A 16 y/o basketball player is undergoing evaluation 12 hours after sustaining a nasal fracture. Physical examination of the fracture site shows marked edema. The radix is stable. A single fracture fragment is displaced from the bony nasal pyramid. Intranasal examination shows septal hematomas bilaterally. The following is most appropriate?
(A) Drainage of the septal hematomas followed by closed reduction and splinting in three days
(B) Immediate operative drainage of the septal hematomas, followed by closed reduction and splinting
(C) Drainage of the septal hematomas and intraoral open reduction and internal fixation of the nasomaxilary
suture line in three days
(D) Closed reduction of the nasal fracture in three days, followed by submucosal resection and inferior turbinate
infracture in six months
(E) CT scan of the face to rule out a naso-orbitoethmoid fracture, followed by open reduction and internal
fixation of the fractures and septoplasty
What is (A) Drainage, Closed Reduction & Splinting