title: Effects of functional endoscopic sinus surgery on the treatment of bronchiectasis combined with chronic rhino-sinusitis.
abstract: CONCLUSIONS
  Idiopathic bronchiectasis is closely associated with chronic rhino-sinusitis. It can effectively control bronchiectasic symptoms to treat chronic rhino-sinusitis by FESS in the cases with bronchiectasis and chronic rhino-sinusitis.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To explore the effect of functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) on the treatment of bronchiectasis combined with chronic rhino-sinusitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this study, a total of 161 cases with bronchiectasis and chronic rhino-sinusitis were divided into medication group and operation group according to the therapeutic method for chronic rhino-sinusitis selected by them. For the treatment of chronic rhino-sinusitis, the cases in the operation group received FESS, but in the medication group cases took drugs alone. The score of clinical symptoms for bronchiectasis, forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), SNOT-22 score, and Lund-Mackay score were evaluated for all cases before and after treatment, respectively, and then the value changes in the score of clinical symptoms, FEV1, SNOT-22 score, and Lund-Mackay score between both time points were calculated. The frequency of acute exacerbation for bronchiectasis was also recorded within the 6-month follow-up.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In this study, 58.9% of cases with bronchiectasis had chronic rhino-sinusitis. Follow-up lasted 6 months. Compared with pre-therapy, post-therapy score of clinical symptoms, SNOT-22 score, and Lund-Mackay score were all significantly decreased (all p < 0.05), but post-therapy FEV1 failed to significantly improve (p > 0.05) in both groups. During the 6-month follow-up, the frequency of acute exacerbation was significantly less in the operation group than in the medication group (p < 0.01). Post-treatment score of clinical symptoms (p < 0.01), SNOT-22 score (p < 0.05), and Lund-Mackay score (p < 0.05) also were all significantly less in the operation group than in the medication group. However, there was no significant difference in post-therapy FEV1 between the two groups (p > 0.05).
authors.affiliation: a Department of Otolaryngology , the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou , PR China ;
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: b Department of Internal Medicine , the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou , PR China.
authors.forename: Hai-Bo
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000150:complications*; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Bronchiectasis; chronic rhino-sinusitis; functional endoscopic sinus surgery