Symptom Relief after Endoscopic Sinus Surgery:A Prospective Analysis.
- Author:
Geun Yang LEE
1
;
Byung Hoon AHN
;
Han Soo CHAE
;
Young Tak SOHN
Author Information
1. Department of Otolaryngology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Taegu, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Endoscopic sinus surgery;
Symptom score;
Prospective analysis
- MeSH:
Headache;
Humans;
Otolaryngology;
Prospective Studies*;
Sinusitis;
Sneezing
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
1997;40(6):848-854
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Chronic paranasal sinusitis is one of the most common disease in the field of otolaryngology, and endoscopic sinus surgery(ESS) is efficient and safe operative method of chronic paranasal sinusitis. We employed socalled symptom score to quantify the common sinusitis related symptoms before and after endoscopic sinus surgery which followed up to 6 months. A prospective study of 50 patients all having undergone ESS from June, 1995 to February, 1996 was performed and we analyzed the surgical results using questionaires which focused on six common sinusitis related symptoms-nasal obstruction, rhinorrhea, olfactory disturbance, postnasal drip, headache and sneezing. Postoperative symptom relief was apparent in all six common symptoms(p value<0.001) and the higher sinusitis stage, the more relief of sinusitis related symptoms(p value=0.029). It seems to be helpful to employ a symptom score in predicting and analyzing the surgical results in the treatment of chronic sinusitis.
