LONG-TERM OUTCOME ANALYSIS OF FUNCTIONAL ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY - CORRELATION OF SYMPTOMS WITH ENDOSCOPIC EXAMINATION FINDINGS AND POTENTIAL PROGNOSTIC VARIABLES

One hundred eighty-two patients were evaluated after functional endosc opic sinus surgery, The goal was to establish whether any anatomical f inding correlated with symptoms and to find any historical predictors of symptomatic failure, Of all physical findings reviewed, only scarri ng of middle meatal antrostomy and scarring of the ethmoids approached significance in predicting poor outcome, Surprisingly, of the histori cal factors reviewed, only gastroesophageal reflux disease was statist ically significant as a predictor of poor symptomatic outcome.