scholarly journals The role of functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) in patients with asthma with chronic sinusitis

2008 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. P. Gulati ◽  
Dhruva Chaudhry ◽  
Vijay Kalra ◽  
Raman Wadhera ◽  
Ajay Garg
1997 ◽  
Vol 76 (12) ◽  
pp. 884-886 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shashikant K. Kaluskar

The advent of functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) has revolutionized the treatment of chronic sinusitis over the last decade. Although it has been well-established that FESS is more efficacious than conventional surgery, the lack of a quantifiable means of assessing results remains one of the major shortcomings of the technique, and hence a source of criticism. Since the pathophysiology of chronic sinusitis is intimately related to the mucociliary mechanism of the nose and sinuses, it seems logical to use this parameter as a yardstick of success. We undertook a prospective, controlled study of 40 patients and measured their “saccharin times” before and after surgery. The results show a marked reduction in clearance times postoperatively, corresponding well with improvement in symptom profile. We therefore propose this technique as a simple, safe and reliable method of assessing the results of surgery. Furthermore, the method could act as a preoperative indicator of ciliary motility disorders, as the prognosis in these patients is distinctly poor.


1994 ◽  
Vol 110 (6) ◽  
pp. 494-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary J. Nishoka ◽  
Paul R. Cook ◽  
William E. Davis ◽  
Joel P. McKinsey

Twenty asthma patients who underwent functional endoscopic sinus surgery for chronic sinusitis were studied. Medical records and questionnaire data for these 20 patients were studied regarding the Impact of sinus disease and functional endoscopic sinus surgery on their asthma. We found that 95% reported that their asthma was worsened by their sinus disease (95% confidence interval, 0.74 to 0.99+), and 85% reported that functional endoscopic sinus surgery improved their asthma (0.60 to 0.97). Of the 13 patients who used both inhalers and systemic medication, 53.8% were able to eliminate some of their medication (0.21 to 0.79). Furthermore, 61.5% of these patients had a concomitant reduction in their inhaler use (0.28 to 0.85). All patients (six) who used only inhalers experienced a reduction in their inhaler use (0.54 to 1.00), and two patients were able to eliminate their inhalers completely. One of two patients who were steroid dependent was able to discontinue steroids after surgery. Of patients who used steroids intermittently (13), 53.8% were able to eliminate the use of steroids after surgery (0.21 to 0.79). Patients who required preoperative hospital admissions (4) and emergency room or urgent physician office visits (18) had a 75.0% and 81.3% ( p < 0.001) reduction in visits, respectively, after surgery. Because 43% of the cost of asthma is the result of hospitalizations and emergency department/urgent physician office visits, a significant Impact on health care costs can be realized with functional endoscopic sinus surgery in this patient population.


1994 ◽  
Vol 110 (4) ◽  
pp. 406-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary J. Nishioka ◽  
Paul R. Cook ◽  
William E. Davis ◽  
Joel P. McKinsey

A total of 283 consecutive patients with chronic sinusitis underwent functional endoscopic sinus surgery. There were 72 allergic patients and 211 nonallergic patients. Data were collected on the effect of immunotherapy on middle meatotomy patency, synechiae formation, and recurrent polyps in allergic patients. Data supported the following conclusions: (1) Immunotherapy given either before or after surgery does not statistically influence middle meatotomy patency, synechiae formation, or recurrence of polyps after functional endoscopic sinus surgery. However, the data do suggest, for all three outcome parameters, that allergic patients who undergo immunotherapy do better than those who do not undergo immunotherapy and, with the exception of recurrent polyps, do as well as nonallergic patients. (2) The prevalence of preoperative polyps is the same for allergic and nonallergic patients in this study, but polyp recurrence is higher in allergic patients. (3) Approximately 40% of allergic patients who began preoperative immunotherapy stopped immunotherapy after surgery because their allergic symptoms resolved or were minimal. A comment regarding this observation is provided.


1994 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Ming Liu ◽  
Te-Huei Yeh ◽  
Mow-Ming Hsu

Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) for chronic sinusitis has become popular as a substitution for radical operations. We selected 24 patients with diffuse polypoid rhinosinopathy who had been admitted for FESS and followed up for at least 6 months. The recovery of 39 maxillary sinuses was inspected with endoscopy through the enlarged middle meatal antrostomies. We found that of 8 sinuses recovered, 19 still had diffuse polypoid change, and another 12 had focal polypoid sinuses. We conclude that for diffuse polypoid rhinosinopathy, management of maxillary polypoid mucosa is complicated, and recovery of polypoid mucosa is dependent not only on the patency of the sinus ostia, but also on other factors such as alterations of mucosal, glandular, and epithelial changes by chronic stimuli.


2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-13
Author(s):  
Md Nurullah ◽  
Md Arif Hossain Bhuyan ◽  
Syed Ariful Islam ◽  
Md Shah Alam

Background: Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS), effective control of bleeding is essential to maintain a clear operative field and to minimize complications. Intraoperative bleeding is one of the major problems in endoscopic surgery of sinuses. Controlled hypotension is a technique used to limit intraoperative blood loss to provide the best possible field for surgery. Objective: The objective of study was role of Hypotensive Anaesthesia in Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery and designed to compare intraoperative hemorrhage and the visibility of the operative field during normotension and hypotension anesthesia. Methods: Prospective randomized study includes a total of 60 ASA I-II patients who underwent elective FESS surgery. Patients randomly assigned in two groups the hypotension group (Group A) and the normotension group (Group B). Intraoperative mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR) were recorded. Results : This study shows the mean ages of the patients of group A group B were 33.36±7.61 and 32.46±7.73 years respectively. No statistically significant difference was observed among groups at 0.05 level in term of age. The mean heart rate pre-anaesthesia and preoperative among the patients of different groups in different follows up period. Significance differences were observed among groups in term of heart rate at 5 minute, 15 minute, 30 minute, 45 minute and 60 minute. The mean arterial mean blood pressure before pre-anaesthesia and preoperative estimation among the patients of different groups in different follows up period. Significance differences were observed among groups at 5 minute, 15 minute, 30 minute, 45 minute and 60 minute. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that Controlled hypotension can be achieved equally and effectively by nitroglycerin and labetalol reduced significantly intraoperative hemorrhage and produce hypotensive anesthesia. Both are equally effective in providing ideal surgical field during functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS). Bangladesh J Otorhinolaryngol; April 2018; 24(1): 8-13


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