Cleaning of the Nose After Sinus Surgery: Necessary or Only Bothersome? (NCT00184392) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedNot Applicable
Cleaning of the Nose After Sinus Surgery: Necessary or Only Bothersome?
Norway60 participantsStarted 2005-01
Plain-language summary
The goal of this study is to increase knowledge about how to treat patients after sinus surgery.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years – 80 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Inclusion criteria are acute recurrent rhinosinusitis and chronic rhinosinusitis. The investigators used the classification of rhinosinusitis proposed by Lanza and Kennedy.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Previous FESS
* Systemic disease with affection of the nose (Wegener's granulomatosis, cystic fibrosis, Kartagener's syndrome, sarcoid)
* Primary ciliary dyskinesia
* Pregnancy
* Septoplasty in the same surgery
* Ongoing treatment for cancer
What they're measuring
1
Adhesions in middle meatus or not
Timeframe: 3 months
Trial details
NCT IDNCT00184392
SponsorNorwegian University of Science and Technology