Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32694076›Full record

ArticleBrazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology

Symptom assessment after nasal irrigation with xylitol in the postoperative period of endonasal endoscopic surgery.

Caroline Feliz Fonseca Sepeda da Silva, Flávia Emilly Rodrigues da Silva, Henrique Furlan Pauna, Johann Gustavo Guilhermo Melcherts Hurtado, Marco Cesar Jorge Dos Santos

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Caroline Feliz Fonseca Sepeda da SilvaInstituto Paranaense de Otorrinolaringologia (IPO), Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Flávia Emilly Rodrigues da SilvaPontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUC-PR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Henrique Furlan PaunaInstituto Paranaense de Otorrinolaringologia (IPO), Curitiba, PR, Brazil; Universidade de São Paulo (FMRP-USP), Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: h_pauna@hotmail.com.
Johann Gustavo Guilhermo Melcherts HurtadoInstituto Paranaense de Otorrinolaringologia (IPO), Curitiba, PR, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Marco Cesar Jorge Dos SantosInstituto Paranaense de Otorrinolaringologia (IPO), Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Hospital IPO · BRPontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná · BRUniversidade de Ribeirão Preto · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionChronic rhinosinusitis is an inflammatory condition of the nasal cavity and the paranasal sinuses that requires multifactorial treatment. Xylitol can be employed with nasal irrigation and can provide better control of the disease.

objectiveTo evaluate the association between the effects of nasal lavage with saline solution compared to nasal lavage with a xylitol solution.

methodsFifty-two patients, divided into two groups (n = 26 in the "Xylitol" group and n = 26 in the "Saline solution" group) answered questionnaires validated in Portuguese (NOSE and SNOT-22) about their nasal symptoms and general symptoms, before and after endonasal endoscopic surgery and after a period of 30 days of nasal irrigation.

resultsThe "Xylitol" group showed significant improvement in pain relief and nasal symptom reduction after surgery and nasal irrigation with xylitol solution (p < 0.001). The "Saline solution" group also showed symptom improvement, but on a smaller scale.

conclusionThis study suggests that the xylitol solution can be useful in the postoperative period after endonasal endoscopic surgery, because it leads to a greater reduction in nasal symptoms.

Indexed as

Paranasal SinusesRhinitisChronic DiseaseEndoscopyHumansNasal LavagePostoperative PeriodSymptom AssessmentTreatment OutcomeXylitolXylitolEndoscopyNasal polypsSinusitisTherapeutic irrigationXylitol

Identifiers

PMID32694076
PMCPMC9422543
OpenAlexW3040838894

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.