What Are the Long-term Results of Balloon Sinuplasty?

What are the long-term results of balloon sinuplasty? Hao “Mimi” Tran, M.D., F.A.C.S., a board-certified otolaryngologist at the Ear, Nose, Throat & Plastic Surgery Associates, shares her insights in this short video.

“Balloon sinuplasty technology has been around since 2006, and I’ve been performing it since 2008,” says Dr. Tran. “There is clinical data showing that over a two-year period it is a very successful procedure.”

“What researchers look at is what we call the patency rate, looking at whether or not the sinuses are still open when a surgeon looks into your nose with a special scope,” Dr. Tran continues. “And at two-year follow-up, about 90% of sinus openings were still clear.”

As part of the data, balloon sinuplasty patients also filled out sino-nasal outcome test (SNOT) questionnaires. “Over the same two-year period, the scores of all the patients who filled out the questionnaire, 85% had recorded sustained improvement in their sinus symptoms,” says Dr. Tran.


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