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JOURNAL OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY
Volume 131, Issue -, Pages S19-S24Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215116009361
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Adult; Chronic Disease; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Nasal Polyps; Prospective Studies; Sinusitis; Treatment Outcome
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Objective: To prospectively assess treatment outcomes of chronic rhinosinusitis patients undergoing functional endoscopic sinus surgery and post-operative medical treatment over a prolonged follow-up period. Methods: Patients undergoing functional endoscopic sinus surgery in the tertiary referral practice of a single surgeon were studied prospectively. Symptoms were scored by patients pre-operatively and over a minimum follow-up period of 12 months. Results: The study comprised 200 non-consecutive patients. The median pre-operative symptom score was 16 (out of a maximum of 25) (95 per cent confidence interval = 15 to 17). Symptom scores reduced to a median of 7 (95 per cent confidence interval = 6 to 8) after 12 months of follow up (p < 0.0001). The median symptom score improved for all symptoms and across all patient subgroups. Conclusion: Extensive functional endoscopic sinus surgery offers significant and durable symptom improvement in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis refractory to medical treatment. This improvement extends to all patient subgroups. Prolonged medical therapy is recommended after functional endoscopic sinus surgery.
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