Clinical effect of nasal douche washing and nasal cleaning under the endoscope treatment for sinusitis after nasopharyngeal carcinoma radiotherapy / 中国医师进修杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe the clinical effect of nasal douche washing and nasal cleaning under the endoscope treatment for sinusitis after nasopharyngeal carcinoma radiotherapy.Methods Thirtyeighty cases of sinusitis after nasopharyngeal carcinoma radiotherapy was treated by nasal douche washing and nasal cleaning under the endoscope.The course of treatment were for 6 months.The clinical effect were evaluated with the chronic sinusitis visual analogue scale(VAS)and Lund-Mackey nasal sinuses CT image mark system before and after treatment.Results After treatment for 6 months,the VAS scores and LundMackey nasal sinuses CT image mark system scores significantly decreased compared with before treatment [(8.21 ± 1.57)scores vs.(3.01 ± 1.16)scores,(7.37 ± 1.44)scores vs.(3.23 ± 1.07)scores](P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions The nasal douche washing and nasal cleaning under the endoscope treatment for sinusitis after nasopharyngeal carcinoma radiotherapy has positive clinical effect,which is a better treatment method.