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Comparative outcomes of endoscopic sinus surgery in patients with chronic sinusitis and nasal polyps

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This study was carried out to compare the outcomes of endoscopic sinus surgery in patients with chronic sinusitis without nasal polyps (CRS) and those with nasal polyps (NP). We also sought to determine the correlation between preoperative computed tomography (CT) findings and postoperative endoscopy and symptom score improvement. Data were collected from two groups of patients diagnosed as CRS with and without nasal polyps that underwent functional endoscopic sinus surgery with a 1-year postoperative follow up. Preoperative symptoms, CT scores, and endoscopic scores were recorded. Postoperative symptom and endoscopic scores were recorded at 1, 6, and 12 months. Assessment of symptoms was performed subjectively using visual analogue scoring (VAS). CT scan findings were scored using the Lund–Mackay system. Endoscopic examination findings were scored according to the staging system proposed by Lanza and Kennedy. The correlations between the CT score, endoscopic scores and VAS scores were calculated. There was a statistically significant correlation between the preoperative CT, symptom, and endoscopic scores. Postoperative symptom and endoscopic scores also showed a significant correlation. Total CT scores of the CRS group were significantly lower than the scores of the NP group. Also preoperative endoscopy and symptom scores were statistically lower in CRS group compared to NP group. Endoscopy total scores and symptom total scores of both groups were significantly decreased at postoperative 12th month. Statistically significant difference was observed between the preoperative and postoperative symptom and endoscopy scores. The patients with polyps had higher symptom scores and worse objective findings compared to the patients with CRS. In all patients groups, objective and subjective scores seemed to correlate well preoperatively and postoperatively. These data suggest that endoscopic sinus surgery provides significant symptomatic relief and endoscopic healing in patients with CRS and NP.

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  1. Deparment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Haydarpaşa Numune Educational and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Sema Zer Toros, Seyla Bölükbası, Baris Naiboğlu, Banu Er, Cinar Akkaynak, Hulya Noshari & Erol Egeli

  2. M.Saadettin Sokak, Saadet Apartmanı, No:3 D:4, Ortaköy/Beşiktaş, PK 34347, Istanbul, Turkey

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Toros, S.Z., Bölükbası, S., Naiboğlu, B. et al. Comparative outcomes of endoscopic sinus surgery in patients with chronic sinusitis and nasal polyps. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 264, 1003–1008 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-007-0301-5

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