Outcomes of chronic frontal sinusitis treated with ethmoidectomy: a prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In medically refractory chronic frontal sinusitis, ethmoidectomy without instrumentation of the frontal ostium may resolve frontal disease. Our aim was to determine the efficacy of ethmoidectomy alone for the treatment of chronic frontal sinusitis.

Methods

Adults with chronic rhinosinusitis prospectively enrolled in a multicenter study who demonstrated frontal sinusitis on computed tomography were divided into 2 groups: (1) endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) incorporating ethmoidectomy, but excluding frontal sinusotomy; and (2) ESS incorporating frontal sinusotomy. The primary outcome was improvement in 22-item Sino-Nasal Outcome Test (SNOT-22) scores. Secondary outcomes included endoscopic scores and use of corticosteroids and antibiotics.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Abuzeid WM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4921290 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature