title: [Symptomatic characteristics of chronic rhinosinusitis patients and symptom-specific outcomes after endoscopic sinus surgery].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the symptomatic characteristics of chronic rhinosinusitis patients and the report symptom-based outcomes after endoscopic sinus surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and nineteen chronic rhinosinusitis patients underwent endoscopic sinus surgery, including 52 patients of chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps and 67 patients of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, were enrolled. Patients were asked to evaluate their symptoms before surgery and 12 months after endoscopic sinus surgery using 10 cm visual analog scale measures.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most commonly reported symptoms were nasal obstruction, nasal discharge, headache, facial pressure and altered sense of smell. Compared with patients of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, patients of chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps reported significantly higher scores of nasal discharge, whereas lower scores of altered sense of smell (P<0.01 for both). The most disturbing symptom was nasal discharge and altered sense of smell for chronic rhinosinusitis patients without and with nasal polyps, respectively. After endoscopic sinus surgery, the scores for all studied symptoms were improved greatly in both chronic rhinosinusitis with and without nasal polyps groups (P<0.01 for all).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Chronic rhinosinusitis patients with and without nasal polyps present different symptomatic characteristics. Endoscopic sinus surgery can improve patient-based symptoms significantly. Visual analog scale is a simple and powerful tool to evaluate chronic rhinosinusitis symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, the First Hospital of Huanggang, Huanggang, 438000, China.
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Nong
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Yuanyuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yonghua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cui
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome