Antrochoanal Polyps: How Long Should Follow-Up Be after Surgery?

Joint Authors

Chaiyasate, Saisawat
Roongrotwattanasiri, Kannika
Patumanond, Jayanton
Fooanant, Supranee

Source

International Journal of Otolaryngology

Issue

Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-5, 5 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2015-08-03

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

5

Main Subjects

Medicine

Abstract EN

Objective.

To investigate the length of follow-up needed to detect recurrence of antrochoanal polyps.

Methods.

A retrospective investigation was performed on patients who had been operated on with a preoperative diagnosis of antrochoanal polyps in Chiang Mai University hospital from 2006 to 2012.

Results and Discussion.

Of the 38 cases of choanal polyps, 27 were adults (71%).

The median age was 23.5, ranging from 7 to 64 years old.

Eighteen patients were male (47.4%).

The origin of choanal polyps was the maxillary antrum in 32 patients.

The most common symptom was nasal obstruction (97.4%).

The surgical procedures were polypectomy in one child and combined endoscopic and transcanine fossa approach in two adults.

The remainder of the patients underwent endoscopic removal of the polyps.

The follow-up time ranged from 1 day to 8 years.

There were 5 cases of recurrence of which four were in children.

The time for recurrence was 1.2 ± 0.6 years (95% CI 0.51, 1.97).

Conclusion.

Antrochoanal polyps are more common in younger patients.

Recurrence was significantly higher in children.

Follow-up of patients should be for at least 2 years postoperatively in order to detect 95% of recurrence.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Chaiyasate, Saisawat& Roongrotwattanasiri, Kannika& Patumanond, Jayanton& Fooanant, Supranee. 2015. Antrochoanal Polyps: How Long Should Follow-Up Be after Surgery?. International Journal of Otolaryngology،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Chaiyasate, Saisawat…[et al.]. Antrochoanal Polyps: How Long Should Follow-Up Be after Surgery?. International Journal of Otolaryngology No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Chaiyasate, Saisawat& Roongrotwattanasiri, Kannika& Patumanond, Jayanton& Fooanant, Supranee. Antrochoanal Polyps: How Long Should Follow-Up Be after Surgery?. International Journal of Otolaryngology. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-5.
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Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1066264