Status:
COMPLETED
Cleaning of the Nose After Sinus Surgery: Necessary or Only Bothersome?
Lead Sponsor:
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Collaborating Sponsors:
St. Olavs Hospital
Helse Midt-Norge
Conditions:
Acute Recurrent Rhinosinusitis
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The goal of this study is to increase knowledge about how to treat patients after sinus surgery.
Detailed Description
Many surgeons consider the postoperative treatment after sinus surgery as important for the outcome as the surgery itself. However, postoperative treatment regimes differ considerably between surgeons...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion criteria are acute recurrent rhinosinusitis and chronic rhinosinusitis. The investigators used the classification of rhinosinusitis proposed by Lanza and Kennedy.
Exclusion
- Previous FESS
- Systemic disease with affection of the nose (Wegener's granulomatosis, cystic fibrosis, Kartagener's syndrome, sarcoid)
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia
- Pregnancy
- Septoplasty in the same surgery
- Ongoing treatment for cancer
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00184392
Start Date
January 1 2005
End Date
September 1 2007
Last Update
February 28 2014
Active Locations (2)
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1
Department of Otolaryngology, Sorlandet Hospital
Kristiansand, Norway, 4606
2
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, St Olav University Hospital of Trondheim, and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7006 Trondheim, Norway
Trondheim, Norway, 7052