Self-reported course of olfactory impairment determines outcome for successful surgical intervention in nasal polyps with anosmia

BACKGROUND: Olfactory impairment is one of important symptoms of Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP). However, the relationship between course of olfactory impairment and postoperative symptom improvement was still unclear.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between the self-reported course of olfactory loss and the degree of improvement in olfaction to determine the timing for successful surgical intervention in improving olfaction in patients with CRSwNP.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 86 CRSwNP patients with loss of smell and undergoing functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) were recruited consecutively. The self-reported course of smell lose before treatment was recorded. Olfactory function was recorded before and after FESS using T&T Olfactometry.

RESULTS: Fifty-seven patients demonstrated recovery of olfaction and 29 patients no-recovery. The average recovery time of smell loss in the study was 2.6 weeks. The course of smell loss showed moderate accuracy as a marker for determining the timing for successful FESS; with up to 4.5 years of self-reported smell loss being the cut-off point for recovery of smell following FESS.

CONCLUSION: This study suggests that FESS in CRSwNP patients with self-reported significant olfactory impairment for less than 4.5 years may lead to improvement in olfaction.

SIGNIFICANCE: FESS in CRSwNP patients with self-reported significant olfactory impairment persisting for less than 4.5 years may lead to considerable improvement in olfaction in these patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:140

Enthalten in:

Acta oto-laryngologica - 140(2020), 12 vom: 17. Dez., Seite 1021-1027

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Meng, Yifan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chengshuo [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Feifei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Luo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chronic rhinosinusitis
Course of smell loss
Functional endoscopic sinus surgery
Journal Article
Predictive
Receiver operative curve
T&T olfactometry

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 10.09.2021

Date Revised 10.09.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/00016489.2020.1805508

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31383380X