Study Results from University of Southern California (USC) Update Understanding of Otolaryngology (Association of Ethnicity and Time To Surgery Among Patients With Chronic Rhinosinusitis): Health and Medicine – Otolaryngology

2023 NOV 15 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Fresh data on Health and Medicine - Otolaryngology are presented in a new report. According to news reporting from Los Angeles, California, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Determine factors associated with delayed endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). This is a retrospective cohort study conducted at a tertiary care academic center.”

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the University of Southern California (USC), “Patients were included in the study if they were at least 18 years old and underwent surgery for CRS. Electronic medical records were retrospectively reviewed to collect demographic and clinical data. Patients with CRS secondary to another pathology such as malignancy were excluded. Multiple linear regression was performed to determine factors associated with the number of days between a patient’s preoperative consultation and the date of surgery. A total of 103 patients with a mean age of 46.6 +/- 16.8 years were included in the analysis; 51.5% of patients were females, 46.6% identified as White, and 29.1% identified as Hispanic. The majority of patients (67.0%) had preferred provider organization health insurance; 43.7% of patients had nasal polyps, 70.9% had a deviated nasal septum, and the mean preoperative Sinonasal Outcomes Test-22 (SNOT-22) score was 41.0 +/- 23.8. The mean time to surgery after the final preoperative visit was 71.7 days +/- 65.6 days. Hispanic ethnicity was associated with increased time to surgery (p < .05) when controlling for other variables. No other variables were associated with time to surgery on multivariate analysis.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Hispanic ethnicity may be an independent predictor of increased time to sinus surgery independent of disease severity and other demographic variables.Level of Evidence: 2b.”

For more information on this research see: Association of Ethnicity and Time To Surgery Among Patients With Chronic Rhinosinusitis. Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2023. Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Kevin Hur, University of Southern California (USC), University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Caruso Dept Otolaryngol Head & Neck Surg, Los Angeles, CA, United States. Additional authors for this research include Benjamin Tam, Casey Collet, Jessica Le, Ido Badash, Erick Garcia, Bozena Wrobel and Dale Rice.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1002/lio2.1159. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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