Long-term outcomes of endoscopic sinus surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis with and without nasal polyps

Abstract

Endoscopic sinus surgery significantly improved the quality of life of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis. Clinical control of the condition was acceptable, with few patients requiring re-operation within two years of the first surgery.

Can we use the questionnaire SNOT-22 as a predictor for the indication of surgical treatment in chronic rhinosinusitis?

“…The studies of Kosugi et al 8 and Mascarenhas et al 13 were conducted with patients with a confirmed surgical referral, which differs from the profile of our sample that did not have that confirmation.…”

“…This means that the studied subjects may have had a better socioeconomic status than the patients of the studies of Kosugi et al 8 and Mascarenhas et al 13 whose subjects used a public health service.…”

Sixty‐three patient‐based survey—Can Sino‐Nasal Outcome Test‐22 be a suitable evaluation method for septoplasty and turbinectomy?

“…SNOT‐22 is recommended by the European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps EPOS 2012 as the most adequate tool to evaluate the effectiveness of surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis. There are several studies suggesting that SNOT‐22 is also a useful tool after 12‐36 months follow‐up in patients who had undergone FESS.…”

Budget impact analysis of bioabsorbable drug-eluting sinus implants following endoscopic sinus surgery

“…The minimum and maximum values obtained from this review were used to inform the sensitivity analyses. For revision surgery rates, we adjusted for both the sample size and the follow-up length of the source studies [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30] . Where the available literature did not yield estimates for the time points of interest (e.g.…”