Abstract
Background/Aim: To evaluate the role of epidemiologic factors in surgical outcomes for patients with nasal polyposis (NP) and asthma. Methods: Data was prospectively collected on patients who underwent endoscopic sinus surgery over a 7-year period. Among patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with NP and asthma, surgical outcomes were analyzed according to gender and race. Results: Patients with NP and asthma had significantly higher Lund-Kennedy and SNOT-20 scores-pre-and postoperatively-compared to CRS patients without NP or asthma. Both Caucasians and African-Americans in the CRS with NP/asthma group showed a statistically significant improvement at 6 months. Caucasians continued to have a significant improvement at 12 months, whereas African-Americans did not. There were no differences according to gender. Conclusion: In our patient population, African-Americans with NP and asthma had poorer outcomes following functional endoscopic sinus surgery.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 320-324 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | ORL |
Volume | 75 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2014 |
Keywords
- Asthma
- Gender
- Nasal polyp
- Outcomes
- Race
- Sinus surgery
- Sinusitis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Otorhinolaryngology