Sino-Nasal outcome test-22 outcomes after sinus surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives/hypothesis

The goal of the study was to perform a systematic review with meta-analysis to determine the mean change in the 22-item Sino-Nasal Outcome Test (SNOT-22) across patients who have had endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) for chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) in the literature.

Methods

A literature search was performed to identify studies that assessed SNOT-22 scores before and after ESS in adult patients with CRS. A random effects model with inverse variance weighting was used to generate the mean change after surgery, along with the forest plot and 95% confidence interval (CI). The impact of patient-specific factors across studies was assessed using a mixed-effects meta-regression.

Results

The final study list included 40 unique patient cohorts published fr

SUBMITTER: Soler ZM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5814358 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature