Correlations between endoscopy score and quality of life changes after sinus surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess whether change in endoscopy score correlates with change in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) following endoscopic sinus surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis.

Design

Prospective open cohort.

Setting

Tertiary rhinology clinic.

Patients

One hundred two adult patients with and without nasal polyposis who elected to undergo endoscopic sinus surgery and were followed up for 12 +/- 2 months postoperatively.

Intervention

Patient characteristics and Lund-Mackay computed tomography scores were recorded preoperatively. Lund-Kennedy endoscopy scores and 2 HRQOL surveys, the Rhinosinusitis Disability Index and Chronic Sinusitis Survey, were examined before and after surgery.

Main outcome measures

Postoperative changes in endoscopy score

SUBMITTER: Mace JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2860109 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature