QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL) AFTER FUNCTIONAL ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY (FESS) IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS (CRS).

JPUMHS J Peop Univ Med Health Sci. 2025:15(2),86-90. http://doi.org/10.46536/jpumhs/2025/15.02.627

Abstract

BACKGROUND: CRS in adults is among common medical conditions for which people seek treatment, leading to significant direct medical expenses. OBJECTIVE: To assess enhancement in patients' QOL symptomatically following FESS. STUDY DESIGN: Descriptive Study PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY: METHODOLOGY: 100 individuals, with or without nasal polyposis, had surgery for CRS. Before beginning any operation, as well as at 1, 3, 6 9 and 12 months following endoscopic sinus surgery, our patients underwent an item-by-item SNOT-22 test. SPSS Version 26 was utilized to analyse data, P-value of <0.05 was deemed significant statistically. RESULTS: The mean age of 100 patients in our research was 35.33 + 5.14 years, with 59 (59%) of them being male. 28 patients (28%) were diagnosed with CRS with polyps, 40 patients (40%) were diagnosed with CRS without polyps, 32 patients (32%) had an allergic fungal sinusitis diagnosis, and 23 patients (23%) had a history of asthma. The preoperative SNOT scores were greater, according to the results of the One-Way ANOVA, but they substantially decreased at the first, third, sixth, and twelve months after surgery after FESS. CONCLUSION: This study indicated that FESS is the best surgical option for CRS