Sinonasal Polyposis: Quality of Life After Surgical Treatment: About 21 Cases

Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervico-Facial Surgery, Mohammed VI University Hospital of Oujda, Morocco

*Corresponding author: Belasri Anas, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervico-Facial Surgery, Mohammed VI University Hospital of Oujda, BP 4806 Oujda University 60049 Oujda, Morocco, Tel: 0655793630; Email: [email protected].

Received Date: October 19, 2023

Published Date: November 24, 2023

Citation: Anas B, et al. (2023). Sinonasal Polyposis: Quality of Life After Surgical Treatment : About 21 Cases. Mathews J Otolaryngol. 2(1):06.

Copyrights: : Anas B, et al. © (2023).

ABSTRACT

Nasosinusal polyposis is a major health problem with important socio-economic implications. Our work presents a retrospective study of 21 patients operated on for nasosinusal polyposis, over a 10-Month, from January 2017 to January 2019 in the Otorhinolaryngology Department of Mohammed VI University Hospital Center in Oujda. The average age of our patients 39, 8 with a range from 16 to 66 years with a male predominance (sex ratio of 1,3). The objective of our study is to evaluate the quality of life and the severity of individual symptoms in patients with nasosinusal polyposis, were measured using the Sino-Nasal-Outcome Test 22 (SNOT-22). The main preoperative symptom score was nasal obstruction with a main score of 4,3, Anosmia had the second highest preoperative score of 3, 63. The clinical course was marked by improvement in nasal symptomatology with an improvement rate of 43% for nasal obstruction, 54% for anosmia, 50% for the need to blow nose.

Keywords: Nasosinusal Polyposis, Score SNOT-22, The Quality of Life.