%0 Journal Article
%T Correlation of Lund-Mackay and SNOT-20 Before and After Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS): Does the Baseline Data Predict the Response Rate?
%A H. Moghadasi
%A M. Sanei Taheri
%A M. Shakiba
%A A.H. Jalali
%J Iranian Journal of Radiology
%D 2009
%I Tehran University of Medical Sciences
%X "nBackground/Objective: To assess whether baseline SNOT-20 and Lund-Mackay score can predict response to FESS."n"n Materials and Methods: For 50 consecutive patients who underwent functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) for chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) in a university-affiliated hospital from January 2006 to February 2007, SNOT-20 and Lund-Mackay scores were evaluated preoperatively and after three months postoperatively. Results: Pearson's correlation coefficient of the Lund-Mackay score and SNOT-20 score was 0.77 before FESS and 0.73 after FESS (p <0.001). All multivariate regression models for evaluating whether the primary symptoms and CT scan findings predict the response rate showed a weak to moderate fitness to primary data based on all symptom domains and in each model, only the primary symptom domain of the dependent variable remain in the model. Conclusion: The outcome of FESS in patients with CRS is moderately related to primary symptoms according to SNOT-20 as well as the Lund-Mackay radiologic score.    "n
%K Chronic Sinusitis
%K Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
%K Computed Tomography
%K Sinusitis Symptom Scores
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