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. 2019 Feb;39(1):28–39. doi: 10.14639/0392-100X-2313

Table V.

Review of English literature on surgical treatment of frontal sinus inverted papilloma (2002-2017).

Author Year Total cases Cases with FS involvement Type of surgery Results No. of relapses Type of surgery for relapse Status Follow-up (months)
Present study 2018 47 47 19 EE
28 combined
100% CR 2 2 OPF 100% NED 43
Albathi 16 2018 4 4 EE + TrP 100% CR 0 100% NED 24
Adriansen 20 2015 20 20 EE 100% CR 2 EE 100% NED 42
Ungari 27 2015 35 5 FS
13 FE
OPF 100% CR 2 2 OPF 100% NED > 12
Pagella 28 2014 73 2 FS
8 FE
EE 100% CR 0 100% NED 58
Sciarretta 29 2014 110 7 FR
4 FS
EE 100% CR 1 FR
1 FS
1 EE (FR)
1 OPF (FS)
100% NED 56.7
Kim 30 2012 578 22 (origin) 10 EE
8 combined
4 external
100% CR 6 N/A N/A 41
89 (extension) 59 EE
20 combined
10 external
24
Gotlib 21 2012 2 2 EE 100% CR N/A N/A 50% NED
50% N/A
12
Walgama 24 2012 49 49 31 EE
13 OPF
5 EFT
100% CR 11 8 EE
1 EFT
2 OPF
100% NED 27
Lian 31 2012 26 1 EE 100% CR N/A N/A 100% NED 28.2
Kamel 32 2012 119 6 EE 100% CR 0 100% NED 27
Bathma 33 2011 13 4 FR EE 100% CR 2§ EE 100% NED 40
Lombardi 34 2011 212 11 EE 100% CR 2 1 EE
1 OPF
100% NED 53.8
Dragonetti 35 2011 84 3 FS
5 FR
6 EE
2 OPF
100% CR 1 (FR) OPF 100% NED 39.5
Gras-Cabrerizo 36 2010 79 8 (extension) 5 EE
3 external
100% CR N/A N/A N/A > 12
Sham 37 2009 56 3 1 EE
2 ExFS+
100% CR 3 2 ExFS
1 ExFS + Lothrop
89% NED
11% DOC
84
Yoon 15 2009 18 18 2 OPF
5 EFT
100% CR 4 3 EE
1 EFT
100% NED 36.6
Eweiss 22 2009 4 4 EE 100% CR 1 OPF 100% NED N/A
Landsberg 38 2008 30 2 EE 50% CR
50% PR
1 50% NED
50% AWD
40
Mackle 39 2008 55 1 OPF 100% CR N/A N/A N/A > 36
Zhang 23 2008 9 9* EE 100% CR 0
1 OPF
100% NED 15.1
Sautter 19 2007 5 5 4 EE
1 EFT
100% CR 0 100% NED 16.8
Mortuaire 40 2007 65 3 N/A 100% CR 1 External N/A 28
Woodworth 41 2007 110 10 FR
9 FS
10 EE
5 OPF
2 EFT
2 EE + Lynch
100% CR 8 5 EE
1 EFT
1 EE + OPF
1 EE + Lynch
100% NED 40
Minovi 42 2006 87 13 4 EE
9 OPF
100% CR N/A N/A 100% NED 74
Katori 43 2005 39 2 (origin)
8 (extension)
EE, external 100% CR 5# EE, external N/A 35
Dubin 14 2005 18 6 2 EE
1 OPF
3 EE + OPF
67% CR
33% PR
3° 2 EE
1 OPF
83% NED
17% DOC
13.3
Jameson 44 2005 18 1 FS
1 FR
1 OPF
1 EE
100% CR 0 100% NED 29
Wolfe 45 2004 50 3 FS
2 FR
3 EE
1 OPF
1 Lynch
100% CR 0 100% NED 31.1

FS: Frontal Sinus; FR: Frontal Recess; FE: Fronto-ethmoidal; EE: Endoscopic Endonasal; OPF: Osteoplastic Flap; EFT: Endoscopic Frontal Trephination; ExFs: External Frontal Sinusotomy; Lynch: external approach through Lynch incision; TrP: transpalpebral; CR: Complete Resection; PR: Partial Resection; NED: No Evidence of Disease; AWD: Alive With Disease; DOC: Dead of Other Causes;

§: the 2 relapses occurred in the same patient;

+: the external frontal sinusotomy was realised via an eyebrow incision;

*: frontal sinus and frontal recess are considered altogether;

#: 1 relapse in frontal sinus originally involved only the ethmoid, 2 patients recurred twice each after endoscopic and external approach (not furtherly specified);

°: 2 out of 3 cases were in fact persistence: a staged OPF was performed because of suspicious partial resection after endoscopic approach, confirmed by pathology.