Abstract
ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to investigate the surgical revision rate in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) in the UK CRS Epidemiology Study (CRES). Previous evidence from National Sinonasal Audit showed that 1459 patients with CRS demonstrated a surgical revision rate 19.1% at 5 years, with highest rates seen in those with polyps (20.6%).SettingThirty secondary care centres around the UK.ParticipantsA total of 221 controls and 1249 patients with CRS were recruited to the study including those with polyps (CRSwNPs), without polyps (CRSsNPs) and with allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (AFRS).InterventionsSelf-administered questionnaire.Primary outcome measureThe need for previous sinonasal surgery.ResultsA total of 651 patients with CRSwNPs, 553 with CRSsNPs and 45 with AFRS were included. A total of 396 (57%) patients with CRSwNPs/AFRS reported having undergone previous endoscopic nasal polypectomy (ENP), of which 182 of the 396 (46%) reported having received more than one operation. The mean number of previous surgeries per patient in the revision group was 3.3 (range 2–30) and a mean duration of time of 10 years since the last procedure. The average length of time since their first operation up to inclusion in the study was 15.5 years (range 0–74). Only 27.9% of all patients reporting a prior ENP had received concurrent endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS; n=102). For comparison, surgical rates in patients with CRSsNPs were significantly lower; 13% of cases specifically reported ESS, and of those only 30% reported multiple procedures (χ2p<0.001).ConclusionsThis study demonstrated that there is a high burden of both primary and revision surgery in patients with CRS, worst in those with AFRS and least in those with CRSsNPs. The burden of revision surgery appears unchanged in the decade since the Sinonasal Audit.
DOI
10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006680
Publication Date
2015-04-01
Publication Title
BMJ Open
Volume
5
Issue
4
ISSN
2044-6055
Organisational Unit
Peninsula Medical School
First Page
e006680
Last Page
e006680
Recommended Citation
Philpott, C., Hopkins, C., Erskine, S., Kumar, N., Robertson, A., Farboud, A., Ahmed, S., Anari, S., Cathcart, R., Khalil, H., Jervis, P., Carrie, S., Kara, N., Prinsley, P., Almeyda, R., Mansell, N., Sunkaraneni, S., Salam, M., Ray, J., Panesaar, J., Hobson, J., Clark, A., & Morris, S. (2015) 'The burden of revision sinonasal surgery in the UK—data from the Chronic Rhinosinusitis Epidemiology Study (CRES): a cross-sectional study', BMJ Open, 5(4), pp. e006680-e006680. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006680
