Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Background:Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) is a surgical treatment of sinusitis and nasal polyps, including bacterial, fungal, recurrent acute, and chronic sinus problems. The present study was conducted to assess outcome of FESS in patients with chronic rhino sinusitis. Materials & Methods:75 patients of chronic rhino sinusitis of both genderswere examined with anterior and posterior rhinoscopy. Everybody underwent a CT scan and underwent FESS. Results: Age group 18-23 years had 16 patients, 25-30 years had 35 and 31-36 years had 24 patients. The difference was non- significant (P> 0.05). The common clinical features was headache in 52, halitosis in 14, anosmia &hyposmia in 11, nasal obstruction in 58, nasal discharge in 67, post nasal drip in 20 patients. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Clinical features such as headache, halitosis, anosmia &hyposmia, nasal obstruction, nasal discharge and post nasal drip following FESS decreased to 6, 1, 3, 7, 5 and 2 patients respectively. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Common complications following FESS were synechia seen in 7, bleeding nose in 11 and orbital subcutaneous emphysema in 5 patients. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Conclusion: The most of the patients with chronic rhino sinusitis who underwent FESS had reduction in clinical features. The common complications of FESS were synechia, bleeding nose and orbital subcutaneous emphysema.