Effectiveness of Budesonide Nasal Instillation in a Vertex-to-floor Position

Effectiveness of Budesonide Nasal Instillation in a Vertex-to-floor Position in Chronic Rhinosinusitis Patients Underwent Endoscopic Frontal Sinus Surgery: a Randomized, Controlled Trial.

o Chronic rhinosinusitis is one of the most common health issue affected American population. Surgery plays an important role in the patients who failed the medical treatment. The most difficult location to be operated endoscopically is the frontal sinus. Frontal sinus is also found to be one of the most common sinus for residual and recurrence after the operation. Intranasal steroid seems to be one of the most beneficent post-sinus surgery cares. The topical therapy can be delivered by many approaches. According to the standard clinical practice guideline and recommendations, intranasal corticosteroid spray is suggested. The technique proved to have greater distribution than standard intranasal spray is instillation of steroid nose drops. The head position for instillation of steroid nose drops proven to have a greater access to olfactory cleft and frontal area is Vertex-to-floor position.

Post-frontal sinus operation chronic rhinosinusitis patients, Budesonide nasal instillation, Vertex to floor position

budesonide(0.5mg/2ml) 1 respule plus normal saline solution 120ml instilled in vertex to floor position daily

Inclusion Criteria: Chronic rhinosinusitis with frontal sinusitis patient Age ≥12 Post-frontal sinus surgery with frontal sinus opening>3mm Satisfactory surgical technique: adequate sinus osteal drainage and mucosal sparing technique Exclusion Criteria: Isolated frontal sinus surgery History of previous head and neck radiation Previous nasal or sinus operation Clinically significant deviated nasal septum History of paranasal sinus tumor Known immunocompromised Host History of budesonide allergy Cannot provide full flexion of the neck (cannot perform vertex-to-floor position) Post-randomization exclusion: Pathologic invasive fungal infection

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