Objective To study the effect of Bi Yuan Shu Liquid on melioration of clinical symptoms and signs of chronic nasal sinusitis or nasal polyp patients after Functional Endosoopic Sinus Surgery (FESS), and discuss the effectiveness of Chinese composite medicine in the overall treatment after FESS. Methods A total of 340 patients were randomly allocated to treatment group (n =170) and control group (n =170) according to simple randomization procedure. Patients in treatment group were administrated with quinolone, steroid, and Bi Yuan Shu Liquid, which were compared with those in control group who were given quinolone and steroid. Results The apparent effect of treatment group and control group were 30.6% and 42.4% of 42.4% of ITT. Results by Wilcoxon signed rank test indicated that there was a statistically significant difference. Conclusions Bi Yuan Shu Liquid may improve the effectiveness of sinus surgery, reduce the time course of antibiotics and hormones, and with out toxicity and side-effect.
Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in treating Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS) after Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS). Methods The following databases and periodicals such as PubMed (Jan. 1980 to Jan. 2009), MEDLINE (1980 to 2009), EBSCOhost (Jan. 1975 to Jan. 2009), CALIS (1984 to 2009), CNKI (1979 to 2007), VIP (1989 to 2009), CBM (1978 to 2009); Chinese Journal of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (1990 to 2008), Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (1988 to 2008), Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (1990 to 2008), and Chinese Journal of Otorhinolaryngology of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine (1996 to 2008) were searched by computer and handwork for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) about TCM to treat CRS after ESS. The trial screening, quality assessment, and the data extraction of the included trials were conducted before performing statistical analyses by using RevMan 4.2.10 software. Results A total of 32 RCTs in three sub-groups in Chinese literatures were identified with meta-analyses in comparisons of the cure rate (OR=1.99, 95%CI 1.78 to 2.23), total effective rate (OR=2.66, 95%CI 2.20 to 3.22), degree I postoperative improvement rate (OR=2.22, 95%CI 1.60 to 3.06), total postoperative improvement rate (OR=8.77, 95%CI 1.09 to 70.64), postoperative clean time (OR=2.54, 95%CI 1.70 to 3.79), postoperative epithelization time (OR= –29.46, 95%CI –37.73 to –21.18), and mucociliary transport rate (OR=1.14, 95%CI 0.22 to 2.06). A total of 4 RCTs were meta-analyzed to evaluate the safety in comparisons of gastrointestinal reaction (OR=0.25, 95%CI 0.00 to 33.78) and local reaction (OR=0.03, 95%CI 0.01 to 0.12). Conclusion The current evidence shows TCM in treating CRS after ESS tends to improve the clinical efficacy and reduce the cure time without obvious adverse reaction. Due to the low methodological quality of included trials, more RCTs with high quality and large scale are required.
目的：探讨慢性非侵袭性真菌性鼻窦炎(NIFS)的治疗要点。方法：分析11 例NIFS 患者，全部施行鼻内镜手术，术后定期随访。结果：术后随访2年，全部治愈。结论：以鼻内镜手术治疗为主的综合治疗，疗效好，复发率低。
Objective To investigate the potential causal relationship between chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) using a two-sample two-way Mendelian randomization (MR) approach. Methods In the forward study, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) closely associated with CRS were selected as instrumental variables from publicly available genome-wide association studies datasets, with COPD as the outcome variable; conversely, in the reverse study, SNPs closely associated with COPD were selected as instrumental variables, with CRS as the outcome variable. MR analysis was conducted using three regression models: inverse variance weighted (IVW), MR-Egger regression analysis, and weighted median (WME) to assess the causal relationship between CRS and COPD. Cochran’s Q statistic, MR-Egger intercept, MR-PRESSO, and “leave-one-out” methods were employed to test for heterogeneity and horizontal pleiotropy, thereby evaluating the stability and reliability of the MR results. Results A total of 14 SNPs closely associated with CRS were included in the forward study; the IVW-fixed effects analysis indicated that CRS may increase the risk of developing COPD [odds ratio=1.003, 95% confidence interval (1.002, 1.004), P<0.001], which was confirmed by the WME method, while the MR-Egger regression method did not show a causal link between CRS and COPD. Heterogeneity test (IVW result: Cochran’s Q=7.910, P=0.849; MR-Egger regression result: Cochran’s Q=7.450, P=0.827), MR-Egger intercept method (P=0.510), MR-PRESSO test (P=0.917), and “leave-one-out” method showed that the MR analysis results were reliable. In the reverse study, a total of 12 SNPs related to COPD were included as instrumental variables; MR analysis did not support the notion that COPD would increase the risk of CRS (P>0.05). Heterogeneity test (IVW result: Cochran’s Q=5.947, P=0.877; MR-Egger regression result: Cochran’s Q=5.937, P=0.821), MR-Egger intercept method (P=0.921), MR-PRESSO test (P=0.875), and “leave-one-out” analysis method showed that the MR analysis results were reliable. Conclusions There is a potential causal association between CRS and COPD, and CRS may increase the risk of developing COPD. But there is no evidence to suggest that COPD increases the risk of CRS.
ObjectiveTo evaluate the safety and effect of balloon sinuplasty for the treatment of chronic sphenoid sinusitis. MethodsFrom November 2011 to March 2013, 17 patients received balloon catheter dilation of sinus ostia. All the patients were followed up for 12 months postoperatively and the therapeutic effect was evaluated. ResultsAt the end of the following-up, the clinical symptoms of all the patients got relieved. Through nasal endoscopic examination, we found that apertura sphenoidalis developed well in 15 cases, sinus mucosa edema in one case, sinus stenosis in one case, and no postoperative complications occurred. The mean visual analogue scale (VAS) scores were 5.21±1.51 preoperatively and 3.23±1.34, 3.35±1.41, 3.58±1.46 at 3, 6 and 12 months postoperatively. The mean sino-nasal outcome test-20 scores were 12.50±1.96 preoperatively and 7.30±1.79, 7.64±1.93, 7.77±2.02 at 3, 6, 12 months postoperatively. The mean Lund-Kennedy endoscopic mucosal morphology scores were 3.51±1.47 preoperatively and 1.77±1.11, 1.88±1.01, 2.00±0.97 at 3, 6, 12 months postoperatively. The mean CT scores were 1.57±1.06 preoperatively and 0.85±0.62 at 12 months postoperatively. Compared with the preoperative scores, the postoperative scores were significantly different. ConclusionBalloon sinuplasty is worthy of clinical application for its advantages of good clinical effect and safety.
ObjectiveTo compare the efficacy of different concentrations of saline irrigation in treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis by network meta-analysis. MethodsThe CNKI, WanFang Data, CBM, VIP, Embase, PubMed and Cochrane Library databases were electronically searched to collect randomized controlled trials on different concentrations of saline irrigation in treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis from inception to March 1, 2024. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed the risk of bias of the included studies. The network meta-analysis was performed by using RevMan 5.4 and Stata 17.0 software. ResultsIn total, 935 patients were enrolled in 15 study. The results of network meta-analysis showed that visual analogue scale sore, nasal mucosal ciliary transport rate and Lund-Kennedy sore of hypertonic saline irrigation group were superior to isotonic saline irrigation group. 2.5% hypertonic saline irrigation had best efficacy in terms of visual analogue scale sore, while 3% hypertonic saline irrigation had best efficacy in terms of mucosal ciliary transport rate and 3.5% hypertonic saline irrigation had best efficacy in terms of Lund-Kennedy sore. ConclusionCurrent evidence indicates that hypertonic saline irrigation has more advantages in terms of clinical efficacy rate, visual analogue scale sore, nasal mucosal ciliary transport rate and Lund-Kennedy sore, while 2.5% hypertonic saline irrigation has more advantages in terms of balancing efficacy and acceptability. Due to the limited quality and quantity of the included studies, more high quality studies are needed to verify the above conclusion.