ABOUT THE SUBJECTIVE SYMPTOMS AND QOL IMPROVEMENT AFTER ENDOSCOPIC OPERATION

Abstract

Chronic rhinosinusitis manifests with symptoms like pinched nose, nasal discharge, postnasal discharge, and altered sense of smell, etc. and is a disease that is associated with much unpleasantness in daily life due to the symptoms.
The operation medical treatment is general with the small dose using macrolide treatment by the chronic administration as preserved medical treatment. The case with a scarce improvement becomes the object of the operation medical treatment by preserved medical treatment. Up to now, the operation medical treatment, especially the subjective symptom after it operates in the nose under the endoscope and the report of QOL have been examined for the chronic rhinosinusitis patients operated at four facilities in the hospital related to this classroom in one year in the nose under the endoscope because it is few. It questioned the patient on the subjective symptom and QOL concerning the rhinosinusitis symptom by the questionnaire form at three time of after the operation of a long term (6∼18 months) in a short term (1∼3 months after the operation) before the art, and the statistical work was done. The degree of improvement of the subjective symptoms improvement and QOL had a significant difference in a multi item in a short term and a long term of after the operation in the chronic sinusitis patient whole as a result of the examination after the operation and it was admitted. The usefulness of the operation in the nose under the endoscope to the chronic sinusitis was confirmed by this examination.