Table 2. Proportion of patients reporting any severity of ear symptoms before and after endoscopic sinus surgery 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 | Post-operative | Pre-operative | Pre-operative | Post-operative | Pre-operative | Post-operative | Post-operative | Pre-operative | Post-operative | |
Ear fullness | 82% | 54% | 82% | 82% | 50% | 81% | 82% | 49% | 82% | 59% |
Dizziness | 58% | 33% | 54% | 54% | 29% | 60% | 64% | 30% | 53% | 35% |
Ear pain | 57% | 33% | 54% | 54% | 32% | 59% | 57% | 27% | 57% | 39% |
All postoperative improvements are significant (p<0.001); CRSwNP, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps; CRSsNP, chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps