Table 3.
Pre-operative and post-operative SNOT-22 total scores and mean otologic symptom scores for whole cohort and subgroups.
| Whole cohort (n = 395) |
CRSwNP (n = 149) |
CRSsNP (n = 246) |
Primary surgery (n = 180) |
Revision surgery (n = 215) |
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| Pre-operative mean [SD] | Post-operative mean [SD] | Pre-operative mean [SD] | Post-operative mean [SD] | Pre-operative mean [SD] | Post-operative mean [SD] | Pre-operative mean [SD] | Post-operative mean [SD] | Pre-operative mean [SD] | Post-operative mean [SD] | |
| Total score | 53.1 [19.7] | 29.0 [21.6] | 55.0 [20.0] | 28.5 [20.8] | 52.0 [19.6] | 29.2 [22.1] | 51.4 [19.1] | 23.5 [18.4] | 54.6 [20.2] | 33.6 [23.0] |
| Ear fullness | 2.3 [1.6] | 1.2 [1.4] | 2.3 [1.6] | 1.0 [1.3] | 2.3 [1.6] | 1.3 [1.4] | 2.3 [1.6] | 0.9 [1.2] | 2.2 [1.6] | 1.4 [1.5] |
| Dizziness | 1.3 [1.4] | 0.7 [1.1] | 1.2 [1.4] | 0.6 [1.1] | 1.4 [1.4] | 0.7 [1.2] | 1.4 [1.3] | 0.6 [1.1] | 1.3 [1.5] | 0.7 [1.2] |
| Ear pain | 1.2 [1.4] | 0.6 [1.1] | 1.2 [1.4] | 0.5 [1.0] | 1.3 [1.3] | 0.9 [1.1] | 1.2 [1.3] | 0.5 [0.9] | 1.2 [1.4] | 0.8 [1.2] |
All postoperative improvements are significant (P < 0.001); CRSwNP, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps; CRSsNP, chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps.