The Importance of Local Eosinophilia in the Surgical Outcome of Chronic Rhinosinusitis: A 3-Year Prospective Observational Study

Vlaminck, Stephan; Vauterin, Tom; W. Hellings, Peter; Jorissen, Mark; Acke, Frederic; Van Cauwenberge, Paul; Bachert, Claus; Gevaert, Philippe

doi:10.2500/ajra.2014.28.4024

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The Importance of Local Eosinophilia in the Surgical Outcome of Chronic Rhinosinusitis: A 3-Year Prospective Observational Study

Published in American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy • May 1, 2014

Authors:

Stephan Vlaminck

Tom Vauterin

Peter W. Hellings

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with/without nasal polyps (CRSwNP/CRSsNP) benefit from endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS), with an estimated success rate of 80%. At present, the influence on clinical outcome after ESS of eosinophils, eosinophilic mucin (EM), and fungal hyphae (FH) in se...

Subject

Observational study

Chronic rhinosinusitis

Eosinophilia

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