What is it about?
Long term quality of life outcomes after sinus surgery are important indicators of the success or failure of managing chronic sinus swelling. This study compares different types of chronic sinus disease to see how the patients progress after endoscopic sinus surgery. It shows that the patients who react to airborne fungus appear to get the most benefit from the impact of the surgery in helping to control their sinuses.
Featured Image
Why is it important?
Patients whose sinuses react to airborne fungus are usually the hardest cases to deal with, however this study shows that they definitely get a positive impact from extensive sinus surgery which enables medication to better reach their sinuses after surgery.
Perspectives
The management strategy for patients with fungal sinus disease should include meticulous endoscopic sinus surgery (not just a polypectomy) alongside carefully sustained post-operative steroid medication into the nose.
Professor Carl Philpott
University of East Anglia
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Quality-of-life outcomes after sinus surgery in allergic fungal rhinosinusitis versus nonfungal chronic rhinosinusitis, American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy, March 2016, Oceanside Publications Inc.,
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2016.30.4280.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
