title: Retrospective analysis of surgical treatment of choanal polyps.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aims to discuss the efficacy of the surgical method performed in patients with choanal polyp in the light of the literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 76 patients (42 males, 34 females; mean age 25.36 years; range 7 to 73 years) diagnosed with choanal polyp in the sinonasal region between January 2005 and December 2013 in the otorhinolaryngology clinic of Kocaeli University. Age, sex, and presenting complaints of the patients, as well as the characteristics of the polyps (localization, direction) were retrospectively investigated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The majority (98.68%) of the patients with choanal polyp presented with nasal obstruction, followed by snoring, sleeping with the mouth open (25.0%), and nasal discharge (21.05%). According to their localizations, the origin of the polyps was the maxillary sinus in 65 patients, sphenoid sinus in six patients, middle turbinate in two patients, septum in two patients, and ethmoid sinus in one patient.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Endoscopic approach is a safe and effective procedure for choanal polyp treatment. There was no significant difference between the success rates of the endoscopic approach and combined approaches.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Medical Faculty of Kocaeli University, 41380 Umuttepe, Kocaeli, Turkey. dr.kila@yahoo.com.tr.
authors.forename: Kadri
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: İla
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Topdağ
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Öztürk
authors.forename: Mete
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: İşeri
authors.forename: Ömer
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Aydın
authors.forename: Gürkan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Keskin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014420:Turbinates / Q000473:pathology; D055815:Young Adult