Objectives: Patients with spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea can experience significant sinonasal symptom burden, leading to poor quality of life (QOL). The objective of this study was to investigate sinonasal outcome test-22 (SNOT-22) scores in patients undergoing endoscopic endonasal surgery for spontaneous CSF rhinorrhea and compare them to patients undergoing endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) for chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps (CRSsNP).
Methods: A multi-institutional retrospective review of patients with spontaneous CSF rhinorrhea and CRSsNP was performed.
Objectives: Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea is a diagnostic challenge due to its overlapping symptomatology with other sinonasal diseases. The objective of this study was to investigate whether items on the sinonasal outcome test (SNOT)-22 could suggest a diagnosis of spontaneous CSF rhinorrhea versus chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps (CRSsNP).
Methods: A multi-institutional retrospective chart review of patients with spontaneous CSF rhinorrhea and a control group of CRSsNP patients was performed.
Orthognathic surgery utilizing a Le Fort I osteotomy is performed regularly by oral surgeons to correct midface and dental occlusal abnormalities, yet little has been written discussing the impact these operations may have on sinonasal function. The objective of this study was to assess the incidence of objective sinonasal inflammation and subjective sinonasal symptoms following the use of Le Fort I osteotomies for maxillary advancement surgery.Thirty-eight subjects who previously underwent Le Fort I osteotomies for purposes of elective orthognathic surgery were enrolled retrospectively to assess for evidence of rhinosinusitis (RS).
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