Table 5. Comparison of absolute mean score improvements between complete and various targeted subgroups.

	Complete Surgery (n=147)	Mini-FESS Surgery (n=18)	Unilateral Surgery (n=34)	Targeted Surgery w/o Frontal Sinusotomy (n=51)	Targeted Surgery w/ Frontal Sinusotomy (n=61)
Outcomes:	Mean [SD] Improvement	Mean [SD] Improvement	Mean [SD] Improvement	Mean [SD] Improvement	Mean [SD] Improvement	F-test	p-value
SNOT-22 total score	28.1 [21.9]	29.7 [16.9]	14.8 [19.1]	21.1 [20.8]	24.1 [21.4]	3.409	0.007
Rhinologic symptom score	10.0 [7.2]	8.6 [4.7]	4.5 [6.2]	5.7 [7.9]	7.4 [7.1]	6.315	<0.001
Extra-nasal rhinologic score	4.2 [3.7]	4.5 [3.5]	2.2 [3.9]	3.1 [3.7]	4.0 [3.9]	2.662	0.038
Ear / Facial symptoms	4.9 [5.0]	7.1 [4.6]	3.0 [4.3]	4.2 [5.1]	5.1 [4.9]	2.398	0.049
Psychological dysfunction score	7.8 [8.9]	8.1 [7.6]	4.6 [8.6]	6.9 [7.0]	6.7 [8.3]	1.121	0.198
Sleep dysfunction score	6.4 [6.9]	6.9 [6.1]	3.5 [6.1]	5.1 [7.1]	5.5 [6.9]	1.465	0.256
Endoscopic Score	4.1 [4.5]	1.9 [2.2]	0.9 [4.1]	1.3 [2.8]	3.4 [4.1]	4.634	0.001
BSIT Olfaction score	0.8 [3.1]	0.1 [1.5]	0.3 [1.9]	0.2 [2.3]	0.2 [2.9]	2.124	0.483

ESS, endoscopic sinus surgery; SD, standard deviation; SNOT-22, 22-item Sinonasal Outcome Test; BSIT, Brief Smell Identification Test; p-values represent omnibus test statistic results using ANOVA.