Open AccessLong‐term control in chronic rhinosinusitis after endoscopic sinus surgery
Author(s) -
Veen Julie,
Timmermans Marieke,
Jorissen Mark,
Hellings Peter
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical and translational allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.979
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2045-7022
DOI - 10.1186/2045-7022-3-s2-p44
Subject(s) - medicine , endoscopy , nasal polyps , chronic rhinosinusitis , asthma , sinusitis , endoscopic sinus surgery , allergy , sinus (botany) , surgery , botany , immunology , biology , genus
Background The concept of control of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) has only recently been introduced by the EPOS expert panel following the concept of control in allergic rhinitis and asthma. The aim of this study was to examine the degree of control of CRS at a mean period of 3-5 years after endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) and to correlate the new criteria of control of CRS to VAS (visual analogue scores) for sinonasal symptoms and the SNOT-22 questionnaire. Another aim was to find out if patients changed from controlled to partly controlled or uncontrolled following nasal endoscopy. Methods