Endoscopic surgery improves QOL in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis

Quality of life improved after patients with chronic rhinosinusitis underwent endoscopic sinus surgery, according to research presented at the Experimental Rhinology and Immunology of the Nose Symposium in Stockholm.

Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with or without nasal polyps (NP) reported being absent less due to sino-nasal disease 12 months after the surgery.

Pernilla Sahlstrand-Johnson, MD, PhD, of Skåne University Hospital in Sweden, and colleagues conducted research on 207 patients with CRS with and without NP admitted for endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) from 10 hospitals to determine whether absenteeism caused by sinus symptoms decreased after ESS and if sino-nasal scoring could be used to predict postoperative outcome measured by health-related quality of life (HRQOL).

One hundred and thirty-five patients were diagnosed with CRS and NP, while 72 had CRS and no NP. The QOL scores measured by SF-36 improved in all eight domains but one after surgery.

Sick-leave due to rhinosinusitis dropped from a range of 8 to14 days to 1 to 7 days at 12 months after ESS.

Reference:

Sahlstrand-Johnson P, et al. Abstract 006. Presented at: Experimental Rhinology and Immunology of the Nose Symposium; March 19-21, 2015; Stockholm, Sweden.

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