The Long‐Term Impact of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery on Psychological Symptom Outcomes
chronic rhinosinusitis | endoscopic sinus surgery | patient-reported outcomes | psychological dysfunction | quality of life | SNOT-22 Key Points• ESS produces durable, meaningful benefit in SNOT-22 psychological dysfunction through 5 years.• Lower baseline burden and absence of polyps predict failure to achieve psychological benefit.• Psychiatric comorbidity and medications do not attenuate the psychological benefit from surgery.
Authors
- Stacey Tutt Gray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1806-7125)
- Jennifer Joan Shin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9741-8491)
- Jack Y. Ghannam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0275-9099)
- Allen S. Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8383-9909)
- Ralph B. Metson
Institutions
- Harvard University (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- Mass General Brigham (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology
- Published
- 2026-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/alr.70307
- Primary Topic
- Sinusitis and nasal conditions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00