Table 1.
Characteristics of CRS Patients With/Without Status of Revision Sinus Surgery and/or Polypectomy 5 Years After Current Operation.
| Revision Sinus Surgery and/or Polypectomy in 5 Years | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (N = 161) | Yes (N = 17) | ||||
| N | % | N | % | P Value | |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 79 | 49.1 | 7 | 41.2 | .62 |
| Female | 82 | 50.9 | 10 | 58.8 | |
| Age | |||||
| < 40 years | 46 | 28.6 | 7 | 41.2 | .28 |
| ≥ 40 years | 115 | 71.4 | 10 | 58.8 | |
| Allergic rhinitis | |||||
| No | 101 | 62.7 | 4 | 23.5 | .002 |
| Yes | 56 | 34.8 | 13 | 76.5 | |
| Unknown | 4 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Asthma | |||||
| No | 105 | 65.2 | 10 | 58.8 | .60 |
| Yes | 55 | 34.2 | 7 | 41.2 | |
| Unknown | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | |
| AERD | |||||
| No | 144 | 89.4 | 13 | 76.5 | .12 |
| Yes | 17 | 10.6 | 4 | 23.5 | |
| Current nasal polyps | |||||
| No | 77 | 47.8 | 4 | 23.5 | .11 |
| ACP | 7 | 4.3 | 1 | 4.9 | |
| Conventional NP | 77 | 47.8 | 12 | 70.6 | |
| Recurrent nasal polyps | |||||
| No | 149 | 92.5 | 13 | 76.5 | .05 |
| Yes | 12 | 7.5 | 4 | 23.5 | |
| Previous and/or current nasal polyps | |||||
| No or ACP | 84 | 52.2 | 5 | 29.4 | .06 |
| Yes | 77 | 47.8 | 12 | 70.6 | |
| Smokers | |||||
| No | 124 | 77.0 | 15 | 88.2 | .53 |
| Yes | 34 | 21.1 | 2 | 11.8 | |
| Unknown | 3 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Need for regular intranasal corticosteroid | |||||
| No | 93 | 57.8 | 2 | 11.8 | <.001 |
| Yes | 59 | 36.6 | 15 | 88.2 | |
| Unknown | 9 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Preoperative peroral corticosteroid | |||||
| No | 148 | 91.9 | 12 | 70.6 | .016 |
| Yes | 8 | 5.0 | 4 | 23.5 | |
| Unknown | 5 | 3.1 | 1 | 5.9 | |
| Previous sinus surgery and/or polypectomy | |||||
| No | 137 | 85.1 | 8 | 47.1 | .001 |
| Yes | 23 | 14.3 | 9 | 52.9 | |
| Unknown | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Current sinonasal operation | |||||
| Only polypectomy | 32 | 19.9 | 0 | 0 | .13 |
| ESS ± polypectomy | 82 | 50.9 | 11 | 64.7 | |
| Only maxill. mini‐invasive ESS 1 | 23 | 14.3 | 2 | 11.8 | |
| Only maxill. balloon sinuplasty | 24 | 14.9 | 4 | 23.5 | |
| Ethmoidectomy performed as a part of current surgery | |||||
| No | 109 | 67.7 | 6 | 35.3 | .010 |
| Yes | 52 | 32.3 | 11 | 64.7 | |
P values by Fisheŕs exact test.
1Uncinectomy‐only in one side and uncinectomy + antrostomy on the other side of each patient.
AERD = aspirin‐exacerbated respiratory disease; ACP = antrochoanal polyp; ESS = endoscopic sinus surgery; maxill. = maxillary (sinus); NP = nasal polyps.