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Balloon catheter sinusotomy: One‐year follow‐up—Outcomes and role in functional endoscopic sinus surgery

2008; Wiley; Volume: 139; Issue: 3S1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.otohns.2008.05.010

1097-6817

Frederick A. Kuhn, Christopher A. Church, Andrew N. Goldberg, Howard L. Levine, Michael J. Sillers, Winston C. Vaughan, Raymond L. Weiss,

Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies

The primary objective was to assess the long-term effectiveness of balloon catheter sinusotomy.Patients who had sinus ostia dilated with balloon catheters were prospectively evaluated 1 year after surgery with nasal endoscopy, a CT scan, and the Sino-Nasal Outcome Test (SNOT-20).Sixty-six patients (202 sinuses) were examined. One hundred seventy-two of 202 sinus ostia (85%) were endoscopically patent, 1 percent (2/202) were nonpatent, and ostial patency could not be determined by endoscopy in 28 of 202 (14%). In these "indeterminate" sinuses, the CT scans were normal in 13, implying functional patency in 91.6 percent of sinuses (185/202). Sinus CT scan scores were 1.95 at 1 year versus 8.89 at baseline (P < 0.001), and 1-year SNOT-20 scores (0.91) were significantly improved from baseline (2.14, P < 0.0001).Balloon catheter sinusotomy results were durable over the study period, showing long-term effectiveness.