Chronic rhinosinusitis has a significant impact on health-related and generic quality-of-life, has a high cost burden to both society and patients, and may be associated with absenteeism, loss of productivity and poor respiratory function. Though there is a paucity of level 1 evidence, endoscopic sinus surgery may be considered in medically refractory patients and a variety of objective and subjective outcome measures exist to assess the effectiveness of intervention. We outline the outcome measurements available and review in-depth the published outcomes to date. Furthermore we discuss the literature that indicates that endoscopic sinus surgery can have a positive effect on respiratory function in asthma. How patient selection, timing and extent of surgery, and post-operative care interventions may optimise surgical outcomes is explored.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- end stage renal disease
- randomized controlled trial
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- healthcare
- ultrasound guided
- peritoneal dialysis
- palliative care
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- climate change
- depressive symptoms
- acute coronary syndrome
- metabolic syndrome
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- patient reported outcomes
- optical coherence tomography
- atrial fibrillation
- pain management
- health insurance
- lung function
- meta analyses