@entity50 ( @entity50 ) has become a widely used and effective tool in treating chronic @entity1244 refractory to medical therapy. Reported success rates, defined mainly on the basis of improvement of preoperative symptoms, have been encouraging and ranged between 71 and 93%. However, in most of these studies, a second-look endoscopy under general anaesthesia was performed 2 to 3 weeks following the initial surgery in order to d  bride and clean the operative site. In this study, we present the outcome of @entity50 in our centre, where a second-look endoscopy was never performed. A retrospective study on all of the @entity1 operated on between May 1987 and May 1997 was undertaken. All 35 @entity1 had symptoms of @entity1244 and had received initial medical therapy for at least 2 months. Only those who did not improve were considered candidates for surgery. Prior to the operation, all @entity1 had computed tomography scan of the sinuses to document the extent of their disease. Eleven @entity1 (31%) had @entity565 , 3 @entity1 had @entity1577 , 1 had @entity1778 , 1 had immotile cilia, and 1 had @entity16179 . The period of follow-up ranged between 3 months and 5 years. Success was determined by resolution or improvement of the preoperative symptoms as assessed during their latest follow-up visit. Our data show an overall success rate of 74%. More than half of the @entity1 (56%) who had recurrence of symptoms had an underlying @entity262 ( @entity1577 , @entity1778 , or @entity910 ); however, these @entity1 showed an initial improvement during the first few months following @entity50 . Also, five @entity1 (14%) required revision @entity50 within 1 to 3 years following their initial surgery; four of those @entity1 (80%) had an underlying @entity262 . Based on these results, we conclude that second-look endoscopy is of no benefit following routine @entity50 since our success rates are comparable to those reported in the literature.

XXXX in the paediatric population: outcome of a conservative approach to postoperative care.

@entity1244 :: ('MESH:D012852', 'Disease') :: ['sinusitis'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity565 :: ('MESH:D001249', 'Disease') :: ['asthma'] @entity262 :: ('MESH:D034721', 'Disease') :: ['systemic condition'] @entity910 :: ('MESH:D004409', 'Disease') :: ['ciliary dyskinesia'] @entity1778 :: ('MESH:D007938', 'Disease') :: ['leukemia'] @entity16179 :: ('MESH:D007619', 'Disease') :: ["Kartagener's syndrome"] @entity50 :: ('MESH:D012851', 'Disease') :: ['FESS', 'Functional endoscopic sinus surgery'] @entity1577 :: ('MESH:D003550', 'Disease') :: ['cystic fibrosis']
@entity50 :: (MESH:D012851,Disease) :: ['Functional endoscopic sinus surgery']
