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Volume 23

July - September 2007

Number  4


 

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Endoscopic Sinus Surgery:
Results at two Year follow-up on 200 patients

Bijan Khademi1, Behrooz Gandomi2, Abdul Hameed Chohedri3,
Ali Akbar Emaili4, Habibolah Eghadami5

ABSTRACT

Objective: The technique of functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) has been widely accepted and applied to inflammatory diseases of the paranasal sinuses with internationally reported results of this technique having been very good. Our objective was to find out outcome after FESS at our centre.

Methodology: Two hundred patients who had undergone FESS during a two year period with an average follow-up period of eleven months were evaluated subjectively regarding the outcome of their endoscopic sinus surgery.

Results: An overall subjective improvement of about 94% was documented, with improvement in specific symptoms such as headache, nasal congestion, change in sense of smell, nasal discharge and recurrent infections ranging from 52% to 97%.

Conclusion: Our center reports a subjective improvement of symptoms following FESS compatible with results attained internationally.

KEY WORDS: Chronic sinusitis, Sinus surgery, Outcomes.

Pak J Med Sci   July - September 2007   Vol. 23 No. 4   607-609


1. Bijan Khademi,
M.D. Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
2. Behrooz Gandomi, MD.
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology,
3. Abdul Hameed Chohedri, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology,
4. Ali Akbar Emaili, MD,
5. Habibolah Eghdami, MD,
1-5: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences,
Shiraz – Iran.

Correspondence

Bijan Khademi
Email: bijankhademib@yahoo.com

* Received for Publication: October 28, 2006
* Accepted: April 3, 2007


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