Antroscopy in outpatient management: a prospective study
| Autor: | Edward W. Fisher, C. B. Croft |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Maxillary sinus MEDLINE Audit Disease Patient Care Planning Ambulatory Care Paranasal Sinus Diseases medicine Humans Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study medicine.diagnostic_test Medical treatment business.industry Endoscopy Maxillary Sinus Middle Aged United Kingdom Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology Emergency medicine Female Outpatient management business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Otolaryngology. 16:212-215 |
| ISSN: | 1749-4486 1749-4478 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2273.1991.tb01979.x |
| Popis: | Antroscopy has an established role in the diagnosis of maxillary sinus disease; however, its role in overall patient management requires clarification if it is to be widely adopted as an outpatient procedure. This study examined 100 consecutive attenders to an antroscopy clinic and monitored their diagnosis and management plan both before and after antroscopy. Diagnosis was altered or added to in 79% of cases and management in 73% of cases. The trend after knowledge of antroscopic findings was towards more medical treatment and less surgical intervention. Such a change would clearly have significant resource implications. While computed tomographic scanning time is limited, outpatient sinus endoscopy can be used as an intermediate investigation, with only selected patients going forward to be more comprehensively investigated. |
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