Open AccessAutonomic dysfunction as an independent risk factor for uncontrolled inflammation in chronic rhinosinusitis following functional endoscopic sinus surgery
Author(s) -
W C Chen,
Weizhao Lin,
Chun-Song Yang,
Cunkai Wu,
Suxin Luo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
rhinology (amsterdam. online)/rhinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1996-8604
pISSN - 0300-0729
DOI - 10.4193/rhin19.238
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , chronic rhinosinusitis , functional endoscopic sinus surgery , prospective cohort study , risk factor , hyposmia , gastroenterology , surgery , sinusitis , disease , covid-19 , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a multi-factorial disorder that causes systemic symptoms beyond rhinologic symptoms alone. A possible association between autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysfunction and CRS has been identified; however, few studies have confirmed this observation. In this study, we prospectively measured changes in ANS dysfunction symptoms following functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) and explored the impact of ANS dysfunction on surgical outcomes of CRS.