Impact of dupilumab prescribing on utilization of medical and surgical therapies for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.

Int Forum Allergy Rhinol

Division of Rhinology-Sinus and Skull Base Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.

Published: July 2024

Increased dupilumab utilization coincided with decreased ESS in patients with CRSwNP between 2019 and 2021. One potential confounder was the concurrent COVID-19 pandemic, which may have negatively impacted surgery utilization rates.

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