Professor Chih-Jaan Tai
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President, Taiwan Rhinology Society
1. Professor and Director of Rhinology, China Medical University Hospital
2. Professor of Department of Medicine & Department of Healthcare Services Administration, China Medical University 3. Vice Chairman of Medical Ethics Committee, China Medical University Hospital 4. President of Taiwan Rhinology Society (TRS) 5. Executive Director of Taiwan Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (TSIHNS) 6. Director of International Rhinology Society (IRS) |
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Enhancing the Quality of Life for Patients with CRS combined with AR
Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) is currently one of the ways to treat chronic sinusitis or acute sinusitis complications; allergic rhinitis is a common nasal disease among Taiwanese people, with a prevalence rate of It can reach 25-30% and increases year by year, affecting the quality of life of patients. This study distinguishes the presence or absence of allergic rhinitis (AR) to explore the symptoms and life of patients with sinusitis and allergic rhinitis after endoscopic sinus surgery.
The patients who underwent endoscopic sinus surgery in our hospital from 2008 to 2024 were retrospectively analyzed based on the presence or absence of allergic rhinitis. A total of 1058 patients were collected in this study, 333 patients were in the AR group (31.47%), and 725 patients were in the non-AR group (68.53%). Before receiving surgical treatment, the average SNOT-22 score was 39.03 in the group with AR and 30.6918 in the group without AR. Two weeks (-14.70 vs. -9.50, p value 0.0036) and one month after surgery (-20.0725 vs. -14.9928, p Value 0.0012), and the average score improvement in three months (-22.59 vs. -16.88, p value 0.0055) all reached statistically significant differences.
This study found that patients with allergic rhinitis had significant improvements after surgical treatment.
The patients who underwent endoscopic sinus surgery in our hospital from 2008 to 2024 were retrospectively analyzed based on the presence or absence of allergic rhinitis. A total of 1058 patients were collected in this study, 333 patients were in the AR group (31.47%), and 725 patients were in the non-AR group (68.53%). Before receiving surgical treatment, the average SNOT-22 score was 39.03 in the group with AR and 30.6918 in the group without AR. Two weeks (-14.70 vs. -9.50, p value 0.0036) and one month after surgery (-20.0725 vs. -14.9928, p Value 0.0012), and the average score improvement in three months (-22.59 vs. -16.88, p value 0.0055) all reached statistically significant differences.
This study found that patients with allergic rhinitis had significant improvements after surgical treatment.
