Long-term results of functional endoscopic sinus surgery in children with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps

Results 44 Children underwent FESS. From 18 patients we also prospectively collected preoperative QoL questionnaires. The response rate was 82% (36/44) and mean follow-up period was 4.0 years (± 2.9). The mean age at surgery was 13 years (±2.9). Of these children 9 had CF (25%) and 10 children asthma (28%). R-SOM scores showed a significant improvement both in general symptoms as well as several different domains when comparing preand postoperative questionnaires (p=0.04). Only 14% (5) of the patients needed a subsequent intervention. In children with CF this was 33% (3/9). Conclusions This study demonstrates that long term results of FESS in children with CRSwNP are good. Overall QoL has improved significantly for the whole group, especially in nasal symptoms, showing that FESS is a good treatment in children with CRSwNP. Furthermore even children with CF show good results.