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Postoperative Treatment After Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

NCT00534768 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2008-01-14

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Summary

Objective: Even though postoperative debridement is commonly considered as an essential part of endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS), the scientific data on the efficacy or the optimal timing of debridement is limited. In the present study, the effect of repeated debridement during the first week after ESS on the endoscopic and subjective outcome was evaluated.

Study Design: Open, prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial with two parallel groups.

Methods: A total of 90 patients suffering from either recurrent or chronic maxillary sinusitis were randomized into two groups after ESS. In the active group, the nasal cavities were debrided three times on the first postoperative week, while in the control group the patients were debrided only once on the 7th postoperative day. The primary outcome measure was the presence of scarring in the middle meatus at four weeks after ESS.

Conditions

  • Sinusitis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

active debridement

debridement on 1st, 3-5th and 7th postoperative days

PROCEDURE

control group

Postoperative debridement on 7th postoperative day

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kuopio University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tatu p Kemppainen, MD · Kuopio University Hospital

  • Juhani Nuutinen, PhD · Kuopio University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-01-31

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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