INTRODUCTION Chronic rhinosinusitis is a prevalent disease that has a negative impact on the lives of sufferers. SNOT-22 is considered the most appropriate questionnaire for assessing the quality of life of these patients and a very effective method of evaluating therapeutic interventions; however it is not used as a tool for decision-making. OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that the SNOT-22 ...

BACKGROUND Given the differences in pathophysiology between allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (AFRS) and other chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) subgroups, it remains unclear about whether these patients respond differently to a combination of surgical and medical treatments. OBJECTIVE To evaluate differences in quality-of-life (QoL) outcomes for a cohort of patients who underwent endoscopic sinus su...

BACKGROUND The quality of life (QOL) is an important indicator for disease-severity classification and outcome measurement in obtaining treatment sinonasal diseases. The sinonasal outcome test 22 (SNOT 22) questionnaire has been introduced as the best specific sinonasal instrument for QOL measurement. OBJECTIVES To prepare a valid and reliable Persian language version of SNOT 22 questionnaire...

Objectives: To determine diagnostic effectiveness of office fiberoptic nasal endoscopy as preliminary examination tool during outpatient clinic examinations of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). Patients & Methods: One hundred CRS UAE patients (Group A) and another 100 Egyptian patients (Group B). All patients were evaluated for impact of CRS on their quality of life (QOL) using the Si...

AMAÇ: Çalışmanın amacı ÖTD tanı ve tedavisindeki sınırlılıkları ortadan kaldırmak için oluşturulan Östaki Tüpü Disfonksiyon Ölçeği-7’nin (ETDQ-7) Türkçe doğrulaması kullanılarak, eksternal validasyonunu sağlamak Sinonazal Sonuç Testi-22 (SNOT-22) testi alt gruplarının bu amaçla kullanılabilirliğini değerlendirmektir.
 GEREÇ VE YÖNTEM: tanısı almış hasta grubu kontrol tarafından ETDQ-7 SNOT...

Background: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is defined as an inflammation of the nose and paranasal sinuses characterized by two or more cardinal symptoms like nasal blockage/obstruction/congestion, discharge (anterior/posterior drip), facial pain/ pressure, reduction loss smell. Methods: The 55 patients diagnosed with CRS without polyps undergoing functional endoscopic sinus surgery were included...

Olfactory outcomes as well as oronasal postoperative complications of transsphenoidal pituitary surgery have not been well studied. The objective of this study was to investigate nasal symptoms including olfactory function as well as quality of life following transsphenoidal pituitary surgery. The study is designed as a prospective cohort study set in a single tertiary hospital. A total of 53 p...