OBJECTIVES To compare the effect of preoperative high-dose systemic corticosteroids on the radiographic and endoscopic appearance of allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (AFRS) and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis (CRSwNP). STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING Eight AFRS and 10 CRSwNP patients underwent computed tomographic (CT) scans and then received preoperative 1 mg/kg prednisone for 10 days. CT...

UNLABELLED Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) causes immunosuppression and predisposition to sinusitis. CT scans are complementary exams used in the diagnosis of sinusitis; however, its use in every patient is questionable. AIM to check the usefulness of ordering a CT scan prior to HSCT and to study the relationship between anatomical variations and sinusitis. METHOD prospective stud...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether change in endoscopy score correlates with change in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) following endoscopic sinus surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis. DESIGN Prospective open cohort. SETTING Tertiary rhinology clinic. PATIENTS One hundred two adult patients with and without nasal polyposis who elected to undergo endoscopic sinus surgery and were followed up ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship between findings via osteomeatal unit computed tomography (OMU CT) of the olfactory cleft and olfactory function in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). DESIGN Retrospective review of medical records. SETTING Referral center. PARTICIPANTS Two hundred ten patients with CRS who underwent OMU CT and olfactory function tests were included in this ...

The aim of this study is to develop an automatic segmentation algorithm based on paranasal sinus CT images, which realizes identification and the boundary its inflamed proportions, as well reconstruction normal site volumes. Our goal overcome current clinical dilemma manually calculating inflammatory volume, objective ineffective. A semi-supervised learning using pseudo-labels for self-training...

BACKGROUND Topical antibiotics, delivered optimally as high-volume culture-directed sinus irrigations, are being increasingly used for recalcitrant chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). Their impact on subjective and objective outcome measures, however, is still unclear. OBJECTIVE To assess if the use of topical antibiotics in recalcitrant CRS is associated with improved 20-Item Sino-Nasal Outcome Te...

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the influence of laryngopharyngeal reflux on the improvement of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) in patients who underwent endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS). Patients and Methods: A total of 48 patients (28 males, 20 females; mean age 41.6±15.1 years; range 18 to 75 years) with CRS without polyposis were assessed for the presence of gastric reflux with Reflux...

OBJECTIVES Postoperative wound healing status has not been considered in earlier studies on olfactory changes after surgery. This may be a factor accounting for the equivocal postoperative olfactory results. The aim of this study was to investigate postoperative olfactory results according to wound healing status. METHODS Fifty patients who underwent endoscopic sinus surgery for chronic rhino...