Impact of long‐term nasal airflow deprivation on sinonasal structures and chronic rhinosinusitis in total laryngectomy patients
Abstract Objective Total laryngectomy (TL) patients are good models in which to evaluate the effects of nasal airflow cessation on the sinonasal tract. Here, we evaluated changes in sinonasal structures and association with sinus opacification in the computed tomography (CT) images 3 years post‐TL....
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| description | Abstract Objective Total laryngectomy (TL) patients are good models in which to evaluate the effects of nasal airflow cessation on the sinonasal tract. Here, we evaluated changes in sinonasal structures and association with sinus opacification in the computed tomography (CT) images 3 years post‐TL. Methods Patients who underwent TL from 2005 to 2017 in a teaching academic center were reviewed retrospectively. Patients with a final follow‐up CT taken less than 3 years after TL, tracheoesophageal puncture, inadequate CT image, or history of sinonasal surgery were excluded. The control group included patients who underwent a partial laryngectomy or hypopharyngectomy without requiring a tracheotomy for more than a month. Altogether, 45 TL patients and 38 controls were selected. The volume of all four paranasal sinuses, inferior turbinate soft tissue volume (ITSTV), maxillary sinus natural ostium (MSNO) mucosal width, and Lund–Mackay scores (LMS) were measured on preoperative and postoperative CT scans. Results The mean duration between surgery and the final CT scan was 6.3 ± 2.4 and 5.5 ± 2.3 years for the TL and control groups, respectively. Neither group showed significant changes in the four paranasal sinuses' volume or MSNO mucosa width. The ITSTV decreased significantly, from 4.6 ± 1.3 to 2.8 ± 1.1 mL (p < .001), in the TL group, regardless of the presence of nasal septal deviation, showing ITSTV reduction on both concave and convex sides. By contrast, the control group showed no significant changes in ITSTV. Postoperative LMS changes in both groups were insignificant. The number of patients with LMS aggravation or alleviation was the same in both groups, regardless of preoperative sinus opacification. Conclusions Paranasal sinus structures and sinus opacification are not affected significantly by nasal airflow cessation; however, the inferior turbinate mucosa is affected by long‐term discontinuation of nasal airflow. Level of Evidence 4 (case–control study). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bae20e88680548879264d1f235906fec2024-02-23T12:00:37ZengWileyLaryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology2378-80382024-02-0191n/an/a10.1002/lio2.1214Impact of long‐term nasal airflow deprivation on sinonasal structures and chronic rhinosinusitis in total laryngectomy patientsMarn Joon Park0Mirye Bae1Ji Heui Kim2Yoo‐Sam Chung3Yong Ju Jang4Myeong Sang Yu5Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Asan Medical Center University of Ulsan College of Medicine Seoul KoreaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Bundang Jesaeng General Hospital, Daejin Medical Center Seongnam KoreaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Asan Medical Center University of Ulsan College of Medicine Seoul KoreaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Asan Medical Center University of Ulsan College of Medicine Seoul KoreaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Asan Medical Center University of Ulsan College of Medicine Seoul KoreaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Asan Medical Center University of Ulsan College of Medicine Seoul KoreaAbstract Objective Total laryngectomy (TL) patients are good models in which to evaluate the effects of nasal airflow cessation on the sinonasal tract. Here, we evaluated changes in sinonasal structures and association with sinus opacification in the computed tomography (CT) images 3 years post‐TL. Methods Patients who underwent TL from 2005 to 2017 in a teaching academic center were reviewed retrospectively. Patients with a final follow‐up CT taken less than 3 years after TL, tracheoesophageal puncture, inadequate CT image, or history of sinonasal surgery were excluded. The control group included patients who underwent a partial laryngectomy or hypopharyngectomy without requiring a tracheotomy for more than a month. Altogether, 45 TL patients and 38 controls were selected. The volume of all four paranasal sinuses, inferior turbinate soft tissue volume (ITSTV), maxillary sinus natural ostium (MSNO) mucosal width, and Lund–Mackay scores (LMS) were measured on preoperative and postoperative CT scans. Results The mean duration between surgery and the final CT scan was 6.3 ± 2.4 and 5.5 ± 2.3 years for the TL and control groups, respectively. Neither group showed significant changes in the four paranasal sinuses' volume or MSNO mucosa width. The ITSTV decreased significantly, from 4.6 ± 1.3 to 2.8 ± 1.1 mL (p < .001), in the TL group, regardless of the presence of nasal septal deviation, showing ITSTV reduction on both concave and convex sides. By contrast, the control group showed no significant changes in ITSTV. Postoperative LMS changes in both groups were insignificant. The number of patients with LMS aggravation or alleviation was the same in both groups, regardless of preoperative sinus opacification. Conclusions Paranasal sinus structures and sinus opacification are not affected significantly by nasal airflow cessation; however, the inferior turbinate mucosa is affected by long‐term discontinuation of nasal airflow. Level of Evidence 4 (case–control study).https://doi.org/10.1002/lio2.1214chronic rhinosinusitiscomputed tomographynasal airflow dynamicsparanasal sinus diseasesparanasal sinusessinus anatomy |
| spellingShingle | Marn Joon Park Mirye Bae Ji Heui Kim Yoo‐Sam Chung Yong Ju Jang Myeong Sang Yu Impact of long‐term nasal airflow deprivation on sinonasal structures and chronic rhinosinusitis in total laryngectomy patients Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology chronic rhinosinusitis computed tomography nasal airflow dynamics paranasal sinus diseases paranasal sinuses sinus anatomy |
| title | Impact of long‐term nasal airflow deprivation on sinonasal structures and chronic rhinosinusitis in total laryngectomy patients |
| title_full | Impact of long‐term nasal airflow deprivation on sinonasal structures and chronic rhinosinusitis in total laryngectomy patients |
| title_fullStr | Impact of long‐term nasal airflow deprivation on sinonasal structures and chronic rhinosinusitis in total laryngectomy patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of long‐term nasal airflow deprivation on sinonasal structures and chronic rhinosinusitis in total laryngectomy patients |
| title_short | Impact of long‐term nasal airflow deprivation on sinonasal structures and chronic rhinosinusitis in total laryngectomy patients |
| title_sort | impact of long term nasal airflow deprivation on sinonasal structures and chronic rhinosinusitis in total laryngectomy patients |
| topic | chronic rhinosinusitis computed tomography nasal airflow dynamics paranasal sinus diseases paranasal sinuses sinus anatomy |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/lio2.1214 |
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