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Dilemma Of Prolonged Post- Covid 19 Anosmia Treatment, Abdelhakeem Mahmoud Ali Ragaee

Pan Arab Journal of Rhinology

Context: Anosmia is one of the pathognomonic neurological symptoms of COVID-19 since its begging at the end of 2019. Many patients suffered persistently for prolonged time after infected with this virus. Aims: The aim of this study was to recognise the predisposing factors, to identify possible treatment regimens and to assess the prognosis of prolonged post- COVID-19 anosmia. Settings and Design: retrospective observational study

Methods and Material: study conducted among patients with post COVID-19 anosmia. Thirty-four patients sought medical advice for having prolonged post-COVID-19 anosmia between the period of August 2020 and October 2021 and assessed for predisposing factors. They …

Quality Of Life After Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery In Patients With Chronic Rhinosinusitis, Sadaf Qadeer, Shabbir Akhtar, Montasir Junaid, Muhammad Sohail Halim

Section of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery

Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a group of disorders characterized by the inflammation of mucosa of the nasal passages and paranasal sinuses. It includes chronic rhinosinusitis with polyps, CRS without polyps and Allergic Fungal Sinusitis (AFS). This debilitating disease causes negative impact on quality of life (QOL) of patients. Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) is the mainstay of surgical treatment for patients and improves QOL of patients. This subjective assessment of QOL can be measured by disease specific questionnaires. SNOT-22 questionnaire is widely used and validated questionnaire for this purpose. Prospective study was done on 54 patients. Data were collected using …