Nasal polyps are soft, noncancerous growths on the lining of the nose or sinuses. These growths, while painless, can cause blockages that prevent the sinuses from draining properly. This can make it ...

Does your nose seem to always be stuffed up? Do you have loss of taste or smell? Do you get frequent sinus infections? If so, you may have nasal polyps. Which raises the question: What exactly are ...

Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps were found to benefit more from the combination of endoscopic sinus surgery plus medical therapy vs medical therapy alone, although the minimal ...

The probability of revision sinus surgery including the removal of nasal polyps is higher if the patient has asthma or is on antibiotics at the time of their initial surgery. However, higher age was ...

Treating nasal polyps isn’t a one-and-done procedure. The complications from these growths, which develop in the lining of ...

Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with severe radiographic disease were more likely to report incidence of nasal polyps and be managed by endoscopic sinus surgery, but did not show greater ...

Clinicians have a new line of weapons in their arsenal to treat recurring nasal polyps. Over the past year several new monoclonal antibody-based biologic drugs have been approved to treat the ...

Subjective — but not objective — olfactory improvements in patients who underwent endoscopic sinus surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps were maintained up to 6 months after surgery, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Wenyi Chen, of the department of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun ...

Females have a higher odds of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) without nasal polyps than men, according to a study published ...