| Table 2. Symptoms and Patients (N = 8) in Long-Term Group (5-10 Years)
| PRE-FESS PATIENTS |
POST-FESS PATIENTS |
|
| |
n (%) |
n (%) |
n (%) |
n (%) |
| POSTNASAL DRIP |
8 (100) |
5 (62.5) |
2 (25) |
1 (12.5) |
| RHINORRHOEA |
6 (100) |
5 (83.3) |
1 (16.66) |
0 (0) |
| NASAL OBSTRUCTION |
8 (100) |
6 (75) |
2 (25) |
0 (0) |
| FACIAL PAIN |
5 (100) |
5 (100) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
| SNEEZING |
4 (100) |
0 (0) |
4 (100) |
0 (0) |
| CACOSMIA (bad smell) |
5 (100) |
4 (80) |
1 (20) |
0 (0) |
[ colour codes: green = improved symptom(s), brown = no change in symptom(s), red = worse symptom(s) ]
NB. Among 8 patients, frequencies of pre-FESS symptoms were postnasal drip 8 / 8 (100%), rhinorrhoea 6 / 8 (75%), nasal obstruction 8 / 8 (100%), facial pain 5 / 8 (62.5%), sneezing 4 / 8 (50%) and cacosmia 5 / 8 (62.5%).
Revision Endoscopic Sinus Surgery: Medium-Term Group
Cases Age / Sex Post-FESS period Diseases
Revision Operations (local anaesthesia/LA, general anaesthesia/GA)
Complication(s) Follow-up
1) 24 / F 12 months post-FESS Polyps, pansinusitis, nasal septal deviation
Septoplasty, polypectomy, ESS + inferior antrostomy, frontal sinusotomy and sphenoidostomy (LA)
No major complication. No injury to orbit or cranium. Follow-up 2 years 9 months
2) 24 / F 12 months post-FESS Polyps, sinusitis (2 ethmoidal), nasal septal deviation
Septoplasty, polypectomy, ESS + inferior antrostomy (GA)
No major complication. No injury to orbit or cranium. Follow-up 2 years 3 months
3) 36 / M 16 months post-FESS Polyps, sinusitis (2 ethmoidal, 1 sphenoidal & 1 frontal)
Polypectomy, ESS + frontal sinusotomy and sphenoidostomy (LA)
No major complication. No injury to orbit or cranium. Follow-up 2 years 6 months
4) 55 / M 25 months post-FESS Polyp, sinusitis (2 ethmoidal & 2 frontal)
Polypectomy, ESS + frontal sinusotomy (LA)
No major complication. No injury to orbit or cranium. Follow-up 2 years 4 months
5) 55 / M 25 months post-FESS Polyp, sinusitis (2 ethmoidal, 1 maxillary & 1 frontal)
Polypectomy, ESS + inferior antrostomy, frontal sinusotomy (LA)
No major complication. No injury to orbit or cranium. Follow-up 2 years 4 months
6) 24 / F 12 months post-FESS Polyps, pansinusitis, nasal septal deviation
Septoplasty, polypectomy, ESS + inferior antrostomy, frontal sinusotomy, sphenoidostomy (LA)
No major complication. No injury to orbit or cranium. Follow-up 2 years 9 months
7) 49 / F 13 months post-FESS Polyps, sinusitis (2 ethmoidal, 2 frontal & 1 sphenoidal)
Polypectomy, ESS + modified Lothrop operation, sphenoidostomy (GA)
No major complication. No injury to orbit or cranium. Follow-up 4 years 7 months
8) 26 / M 21 months post-FESS Polyp, pansinusitis
Polypectomy, ESS + inferior antrostomy, frontal sinusotomy, sphenoidostomy (LA)
No major complication. No injury to orbit or cranium. Follow-up 4 years 4 months
9) 26 / M 52 months post-FESS Polyps, sinusitis (2 ethmoidal, 1 maxillary, 1 frontal & 1 sphenoidal)
Polypectomy, ESS + inferior antrostomy, frontal sinusotomy, sphenoidostomy (GA)
No major complication. No injury to orbit or cranium. Follow-up 4 years 10 months
10) 60 / F 49 months post-FESS Polyps, sinusitis (2 ethmoidal, 2 maxillary & 1 frontal)
Polypectomy, ESS + inferior antrostomy, frontal sinusostomy, sphenoidostomy (LA)
No major complication. No injury to orbit or cranium. Follow-up 4 years 11 months
11) 24 / M 37 months post-FESS Polyps, sinusitis (2 ethmoidal, 2 maxillary & 1 frontal)
Polypectomy, ESS + inferior antrostomy, frontal sinusostomy, sphenoidostomy (LA)
No major complication. No injury to orbit or cranium. Follow-up 4 years 11 months
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