FACTORES PRONóSTICOS PARA CIRUGíA ENDOSCóPICA FUNCIONAL EN RINUSINUSITIS CRóNICA: UNA REVISIóN DE LA LITERATURA ACTUAL

chronic rhinosinusitis is a very frequent pathology in the daily consultation both at the general medicine and otorrhinolaryngology level. its understanding, appropriate diagnosis and accurate management are of critical relevance since it is one of the most disabling diseases for the patients thus holding one of the first places as a cause of absenteeism form work. among its management options there is the functional endoscopic surgery with high success rates up to now. in spite of this, patients with recurrent rhinosinusitis undergoing multiple surgical procedures are a daily dilemma in the clinical practice. for the aforementioned reasons, it is of vital importance to know the pre-surgical factors which can predict in some way the post-operatory prognosis for the patient. the objective of this paper was to perform a review of the current literature about the prognostic factors for the endoscopic surgery in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (crs)