Tag: Sinus Problems

SNOT-22 scores were significantly lower in endoscopic surgery group versus clarithromycin and placebo groups

Benefits include reduced polyp size and severity of nasal symptoms at 24 weeks

Watchful waiting extended as initial management strategy for all patients with uncomplicated acute bacterial rhinosinusitis

Authors say reductions in symptom severity are due to clinical practice and not anatomical variation

Patients who would benefit most from surgery and are least likely to benefit from continued medical therapy alone should be identified

Patients undergoing endoscopic sinus surgery had the procedure in less time and experienced less intraoperative blood loss than open surgery

Findings seen among patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps

Improvement seen in overall structure preservation rate, orbit preservation rate, and skull base preservation rate

Patients with CRS have increased risk for developing common psychiatric disorders and vice versa

Associations seen for frequent head colds, frequent tonsillitis, current childhood asthma with symptomatic doctor-diagnosed CRS