Endoscopic sinus surgery reduces antibiotic utilization in rhinosinusitis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antibiotics are a mainstay of treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) and recurrent acute rhinosinusitis(RARS). Although quality-of-life outcomes following endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) have been studied, the change in antibiotic utilization following ESS is less wellknown.

Objective

We aimed to determine the effect of ESS on antibiotic utilization in CRS and RARS.

Methods

A multi-institutional, prospective cohort of patients with CRS and RARS was enrolled between January 2001 and January 2009. Patients completed the medication subscale of the Chronic Sinusitis Survey (CSS), and the Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare differences in the overall reported time of antibiotic between preoperative and postoperative time points.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Bhandarkar ND 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3110704 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature