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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 4.
Published in final edited form as: World J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 Mar 19;3(1):24–31. doi: 10.1016/j.wjorl.2017.03.001

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)
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