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Sinonasal Polyposis: Quality of Life After Surgical Treatment: About 21 Cases

2023Open accessMohamed I University

Abstract

Nasosinusal polyposis is a major health problem with important socio-economic implications. Our work presents a retrospective study of 21 patients operated on for nasosinusal polyposis, over a 10-Month, from January 2017 to January 2019 in the Otorhinolaryngology Department of Mohammed VI University Hospital Center in Oujda. The average age of our patients 39, 8 with a range from 16 to 66 years with a male predominance (sex ratio of 1, 3). The objective of our study is to evaluate the quality of life and the severity of individual symptoms in patients with nasosinusal polyposis, were measured using the Sino-Nasal-Outcome Test 22(SNOT-22). The main preoperative symptom score was nasal obstruction with a main score of 4, 3, Anosmia had the second highest preoperative score of 3, 63. The clinical course was marked by improvement in nasal symptomatology with an improvement rate of 43% for nasal obstruction, 54% for anosmia, 50% for the need to blow nose.

Research topics

  • Sinusitis and nasal conditions
  • Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
  • Otitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis

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DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2023.v11i11.003

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