Abstract
Background and Objectives: The nasal polyp is the most common benign tumor of the nose, which due to nasal obstruction and others problem for patients. Most study for treatment of nasal polyps are alone surgery with functional endoscopic sinus surgery (fess) or medical treatment. Study for comparison between surgical and medical treatment are little. The aim of this study we evaluated the results of medical and surgical treatment in a group of patients with nasal polyp.
Materials and Methods: In this prospective study which performed between 2004-2006 those patients referred to ENT department of Tabriz Imam Hospital were allocated. The patients were treated either surgericaly or medically results of treatment were compared between two groups.
Results: From a total number of 200 patients (127 male and 73 female) 100 patients (M/F 59/41 age 40/69) were treated medically. Patients in both groups were followed for up to six months. For the following findings nasal obstruction nasal mass, nasal discharge, post nasal discharge, facial pain, smell dysfunction, sneezing, dyspnea, nocturnal snoring, sinus sensitivity, facial pressure and radiololgic finding (sinusitis). Frequency of nasal obstruction and nasal mass surgericaly treated patients of second group was significantly high than medically treated first groups after 6 month. But frequency of sneezing in second group was higher than first group.
Conclusion: Symptom Improvement in surgericaly treated nasal polyps was better than medically treated patients.