| Literature DB >> 32245837 |
Luca Malvezzi1, Francesca Pirola1, Armando De Virgilio1, Enrico Heffler2,3.
Abstract
A 68-year-old woman with a long history of relapsing chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) underwent a complete reboot surgery and nasal biopsy prior to and after surgery. Remarkable improvement of symptoms and no signs of mucosal oedema and no complaints of initially worsening nasal functions were still present 12 months after reboot surgery. Biopsy demonstrated an outstanding reduction in eosinophilic infiltration and re-epithelisation of nasal mucosa with normal features after reboot approach compared with previous surgeries. Therefore, reboot approach may become an effective instrument in plurioperated patients with CRSwNP who suffer from a nasal condition that is recalcitrant to pharmacological therapies and is unsatisfactorily treated by standard surgical techniques. © BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.Entities:
Keywords: nasal polyps; otolaryngology / ENT
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Year: 2020 PMID: 32245837 PMCID: PMC7244279 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2019-233726
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMJ Case Rep ISSN: 1757-790X