Quality of life after radio frequency ablation turbinate reduction (RFATR) among patients with rhinitis medicamentosa & withdrawal from decongestant topical spray abuse

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OBJECTIVE: Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) reliefs nasal obstruction and improves quality of life (QoL) in patients suffering from inferior turbinate hypertrophy (ITH). A substantial benefit was noted among patients suffering from Rhinitis Medicamentosa (RM), enabling ending decongestant spray abuse. Our aim was to establish the benefit from RFA with respect to QoL in patients suffering from ITH, due to the presence of RM.

STUDY DESIGN: Prospective cohort study.

METHODS: Prospective Cohort study, including patients suffering from ITH undergoing RFA between 9.2017 and 9.2019 in Tel Aviv Medical Center. The cohort was divided to RM and non-RM (including allergic, non-allergic) patients. The differences between the groups were compared before and after RFA, and included patients' complaints, clinical findings and QoL questionnaires (SNOT-22 & NOSE). In the RM group, the ability to wean from decongestants was also described.

RESULTS: Our data demonstrated subjective QoL improvement following RFA (88.9 %, N = 90). All RM patients withdrawaled from nasal decongestant spray. NOSE questionnaire demonstrated a significant improvement in QoL after RFA in the RM group (PV = 0.025). SNOT-22 did not demonstrate significant difference in QoL between RM and the reference group (PV = 0.1). Rates of MCID>8.3 were high, without significant difference between the groups (PV = 0.2).

CONCLUSION: RFA demonstrated effectiveness in achieving of withdrawal from decongestant spray in RM patients and may be a possible definitive treatment option for this group. The nasal obstruction component in SNOT-22 questionnaire & NOSE questionnaire showed improved QoL in comparison to controls. High QoL after RFA was established in our entire cohort.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

Enthalten in:

American journal of otolaryngology - 44(2023), 4 vom: 01. Juli, Seite 103842

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Carmel Neiderman, Narin N [VerfasserIn]
Caspi, Inbar [VerfasserIn]
Eisenberg, Netanela [VerfasserIn]
Halevy, Nir [VerfasserIn]
Wengier, Anat [VerfasserIn]
Shpigel, Iris [VerfasserIn]
Ziv Baran, Tomer [VerfasserIn]
Ringel, Barak [VerfasserIn]
Warshavsky, Anton [VerfasserIn]
Abergel, Avraham [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Inferior turbinate hypertrophy
Journal Article
NOSE
Nasal Decongestants
Nasal decongestants
Quality of life
RFA
Rhinitis
Rhinitis medicamentosa
SNOT-22
Withdrawal

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 12.06.2023

Date Revised 12.06.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.amjoto.2023.103842

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM354947001