Quality of life outcomes of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis after functional endoscopic sinus surgery, prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare the outcome of patients with unilateral CRSsNP (U CRSsNP) and bilateral CRSsNP (B CRSsNP) undergoing FESS. Also, we evaluate the impact of SNOT-22 domains to predict their quality of life (QOL) outcomes and compare these factors with those of CRSwNP group, published in previous work.

Methods

A prospective cohort study was performed in the hospital 20 August,66 patients who were presented between January 2016 and December 2017 were diagnosed with CRS according to guideline recommendations, and were beforehand refractory to initial medical therapy and elected to FESS. The Sino Nasal Outcome Test-22 (SNOT-22) was used to evaluate QOL.

Results

A higher significant improvement was observed between preoperative and postoperative SNOT-22 scores in U CRS

SUBMITTER: Laababsi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6423302 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature