Annals of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (ISSN 2835-7132) | Volume 3, Issue 1 | Original Article | Open Access DOI
Mark Jittu Vincent*
Mark Jittu Vincent*, Vadisha S Bhat, Vaishnavi Shetty, Rajeshwary Aroor, Marina Saldanha, Goutham MK, Dhivya Roy, Devika Sinha, Alex Tom, Sreesan P Sreedharan, Rashmitha Reddy
Department of ENT, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, NITTE (deemed to be University), Mangalore, India
*Correspondence to: Mark Jittu Vincent
Fulltext PDFObjective: To assess pulmonary function before and after FESS. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analytical study consisting of 40 patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis with or without nasal polyposis. Pulmonary function test (PFT) was performed using a spirometer (RMS Helios 401) preoperatively and after 1 month of FESS. The preoperative and postoperative PFT results were analysed.
Results: There was a male preponderance in the study group (67.5%). Most of the subjects were in the age group of 41-60. Nasal obstruction was the predominant complaint of the study subjects (57.5%). There was a significant improvement in FVC, FEV1 percentage of predicted value and FEF 25%-75% percentage of predicted value postoperatively. The improvement in pulmonary function of patients who underwent FESS for CRS and FESS for CRSwNP did not show any statistically significant difference.
Conclusion: CRS is a disease commonly seen in men in the fourth and fifth decades of life. Nasal obstruction is the most common presenting in these patients. FESS improves pulmonary function in patients with CRS or CRSwNP.
FESS; Pulmonary function test; Chronic Rhinosinusitis; Nasal polyposis
Mark Jittu Vincent, Vadisha S Bhat, Vaishnavi Shetty, Rajeshwary Aroor, Marina Saldanha, Goutham MK, et al. Evaluation of Pulmonary Function in Patients Undergoing Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery. Annal of Otol Head and Neck Surg. 2024;3(1):1-11.