Evaluation of endoscopic sinus surgery for chronic sinusitis: post-operative erythromycin therapy

Rhinology. 1995 Sep;33(3):166-70.

Abstract

We discuss the results of endoscopic endonasal sinus surgery for chronic pan-sinusitis characterized by nasal polyposis, especially the effects of post-operative long-term administration of low-dose erythromycin (EM) therapy. The subjects analysed in this retrospective study are surgical cases who had initially been operated for chronic pan-sinusitis. They are classified into one group who has received a post-operative long-term, low-dose EM regimen and into another group who has not received this treatment. The groups have been compared with respect to: (1) the degree of improvement in the post-operative subjective symptoms; (2) postoperative objective findings of the ethmoidal sinus and the ostium of the frontal sinus; and (3) the degree of improvement in the maxillary sinus lesion. Better improvement is achieved in subjective symptoms and objective findings in the EM group than in the non-EM group.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Chronic Disease
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Endoscopy*
  • Erythromycin / administration & dosage
  • Erythromycin / therapeutic use*
  • Ethmoid Sinusitis / drug therapy
  • Ethmoid Sinusitis / surgery
  • Humans
  • Maxillary Sinusitis / drug therapy
  • Maxillary Sinusitis / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Care
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Sinusitis / drug therapy*
  • Sinusitis / surgery*

Substances

  • Erythromycin