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Efficacy & Outcomes of Balloon Sinuplasty in Chronic Rhinosinusitis: A Prospective Study

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Balloon Sinuplasty is a new technique which has revolutionized sinus surgery in recent times. Since its introduction in USA in 2004, it has become popular world-wide, due to its sophisticated technology, which uses balloon dilatational systems for dilating the sinus ostia through a minimally invasive approach and has provided satisfactory results in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis. Recent world literature supports the efficacy and outcomes of Balloon Sinuplasty system, with large multi-centric studies proving it to be a very effective tool in the management of various sinus pathologies. We performed this prospective clinical study to assess the efficacy & outcomes of Balloon Sinuplasty among 20 patients at our institution, who were followed up for 12 months after surgery. Patients were included as per inclusion criteria formulated for this study & were analyzed with respect to their pre-operative & post-operative symptomatology scores in comparison with their objective Diagnostic Nasal Endoscopy (DNE) & Computerized Tomography Scan of Paranasal Sinuses (CT-PNS) scoring systems. Significant improvements were recorded in patient’s symptoms, from the first post-operative week until the end of the study period, and were objectively confirmed by the DNE & CT-PNS scores. The observations & results of our study highlight the efficacy of Balloon Sinuplasty technology in comparison to similar studies reported in recent world literature.

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    S. Raghunandhan, Tanmay Bansal, Kiran Natarajan & Mohan Kameswaran

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Raghunandhan, S., Bansal, T., Natarajan, K. et al. Efficacy & Outcomes of Balloon Sinuplasty in Chronic Rhinosinusitis: A Prospective Study. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 65 (Suppl 2), 314–319 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-011-0462-9

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