Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23463413›Full record

Trial reportHNO2013

[Treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis using balloon sinuplasty. A quality of life analysis].

A Steffen, R Linke, B Wollenberg

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Trial report in HNO, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Comprehensive review on endonasal endoscopic sinus surgery.GMS current topics in otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery · 2015
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

A SteffenKlinik für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde, Kopf- und Halschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck. armin.steffen@uksh.de
R Linke
B Wollenberg

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBalloon sinuplasty (functional endoscopic dilation surgery, FEDS) has become established as a safe therapeutic procedure for treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis. Our goal was to assess the effect on quality of life (QoL) using validated tools and identify predictive factors. MATERIALS AND

methodsA consecutive cohort of 14 patients was evaluated using the disease-specific QoL questionnaire Sino-Nasal Outcome Test 20 (SNOT-20). The measured postoperative changes were then correlated to the results of preoperative CT scan analyses performed according to Lund.

resultsBoth the overall SNOT-20 scores and those corresponding to subsections regarding primary nasal symptoms (PNS) and secondary rhinogenic symptoms (SRS) showed a highly significant improvement (p < 0.01). Changes in PNS but not in SRS correlated with the CT scan analyses (p < 0.05). Eighty five percent of patients said that they would choose to undergo FEDS again.

conclusionsFEDS is an effective technique that can alleviate symptoms and improve QoL. Patient selection should not be based on CT data alone but a CT scan can be used to determine whether or not the FEDS technique is applicable to the individual patient.

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Patient SatisfactionQuality of LifeRecovery of FunctionAdolescentAdultAgedDilatationEndoscopyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRhinitisRhinoplastySinusitisTreatment Outcome

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PMID23463413

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