Sinus balloon catheter dilation after adenoidectomy failure for children with chronic rhinosinusitis.

摘要: Objective To assess surgical outcomes in children undergoing sinus balloon catheter dilation for whom previous adenoidectomy has failed. Adenoidectomy is the first line of management with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). This procedure successful about 50 percent patients. Design Prospective review who had surgery CRS. Setting A referral tertiary health care system. Patients Children persistent symptoms after adenoidectomy, despite medical treatment, as documented by sinonasal 5 (SN-5) score and Lund-Mackay computed tomography (CT) score. Main Outcome Measure The SN-5 at 1 year post procedure. Results Twenty-six met inclusion criteria. age range was 4 to 12 years (mean [SD] age, 9.0 [2.5] years). mean (SD) CT 7.3 (2.9). minimum preoperative 3.0 [SD], 4.6 [0.9]). time postoperative follow-up 13 (3.0) months. (1.2). a significant change from scores (P  Conclusions Sinus previously been shown be safe effective children. current study demonstrates that Balloon may considered prior proceeding functional endoscopic