Olfaction and Quality of Life in Patients with Eosinophilic CRS Undergoing Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

oleh: Miguel Soares Tepedino, Richard Louis Voegels, Rogério Pezato, Andrew Thamboo, Eduardo Macoto Kosug, Ana Clara Miotello Ferrão, Raíssa de Figueiredo Neves, Valéria Maria Barcia Castilla, Luis Carlos Gregório

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Diterbitkan: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2024-04-01

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Introduction Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a common inflammatory disease. This high prevalence leads to high direct and indirect public health costs, which include medical visits, laboratory tests and imaging, pharmacotherapy, hospitalizations, and surgical treatment. Furthermore, CRS has a substantial impact on patient quality of life, affecting productivity and being a common cause of absence from work CRS-associated olfactory dysfunction is highly prevalent, the actual effectiveness of surgical intervention remains inconsistent. Although there are studies evaluating the postoperative course of patients with eosinophilic Chronic rhinosinusitis (eCRS) treated with high-volume budesonide irrigation, there is little objective information regarding the impact of this intervention on olfactory status and quality of life.