QUANTIFICATION FOR STAGING SINUSITIS

A method of quantifying the symptoms, radiologic data, and endoscopic findings in extensive sinus disease is proposed. his intended to enabl e clinicians to classify patients with extensive sinus disease accordi ng to severity of disease and prognostic category. The rubric of exten sive sinus disease, for scoring and staging, comprises recurrent acute sinusitis and chronic sinusitis, but not an isolated episode of acute sinusitis. The method assigns simple numeric scores to specific compu ted tomography findings, elements of surgical history, presence of def ining symptoms of sinusitis, and endoscopic appearance. This quantitat ive system may be rationalized into a staging system.