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A Study of Pulmonary Function Tests in Patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis Following Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

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Chronic inflammatory disorders of the upper airways are extremely prevalent and they have a major impact on public health.To assess the change in pulmonary function tests in patients of chronic rhinosinusitis undergoing functional endoscopic sinus surgery pre operatively and post operatively.To evaluate the difference in mean of FEV1, FEV1%, FVC, FVC%, FEV1/FVC in patients of chronic rhinosinusitis undergoing functional endoscopic sinus surgery.Prospective observational study.From July 2019 to September 2020 in Department of ENT and Head & Neck surgery, SMS Medical College, Jaipur.There was a significant improvement in the mean FEV1, FEV1%, FVC, and FVC% values post-surgically (p < 0.05). In our study, there was also a significant improvement in the FEV1/FVC value at one month postoperatively, reflecting the effect of FESS on relieving the symptomatic lower airway obstruction.Our study concludes that following Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery there is significant improvement in pulmonary function tests reflecting the improvement of asymptomatic lower airway disease in cases of chronic rhinosinusitis.

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No financial funding received. Patients were treated free of cost under ‘MNDY (Mukhyamantri Nishulk Dava Yojana) scheme’ sponsored by Government of Rajasthan.

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

    Ankita Chaudhary, Rekha Harshvardhan, Ramlakhan Meena, Shraddha Sharma & Sunita Agarwal

  2. Department of Medicine, Head of Allergy and Pulmonary Medicine Division, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

    Bharat Bhushan Sharma

  3. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

    Ritu Sehra

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“All procedures performed in the presented study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional ethical committee of SMS Medical College Jaipur (Letter no. 460/MC/EC/2020) and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.”

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Chaudhary, A., Harshvardhan, R., Meena, R. et al. A Study of Pulmonary Function Tests in Patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis Following Endoscopic Sinus Surgery. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 74 (Suppl 2), 1597–1604 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-021-02759-7

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