Quality-of-life outcomes after endoscopic sinus surgery

Abstract

Background: Chronic rhinosinusitis is a multi-factorial disease can significantly affect the patients’ life,.Along with several medicinal and surgical treatments, advancement of endoscopic sinsussurgery, in thelast three decades, has led to acceptable results in the improvement of the treatment of thesepatients. Objective:This study aims for analyzing the effect of endoscopic sinus surgery on the quality of life (QoL) of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis Materials and methods: From November 2019 to November 2020, chronic sinusitis underwent endoscopic sinus surgery in our department; 200 of these patients were included in the study. Their quality of life was assessed before and 1 month after the surgery using the VAS, RSDI-30, SNOT-20 scale. Results: 200 patientswas predominance in the male gender 112 (56%) and mean age was 38.4 years. Statistically significant improvement was seen on VAS, SNOT-20, RSDI and a correlation was establishedbetween preoperative scores and postoperative improved scores (p<0.001). Conclusion:Endoscopic sinus surgery in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis is associated with statistically significant improvements in disease-specific quality of life.