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CT confirmation unnecessary with positive endoscopy

Diagnostic nasal endoscopy may help reduce CT

utilization, reducing cost and radiation exposure

hyposmia, and discolored

nasal discharge predicted CRS diagnosis.

Good correlation between nasal endoscopy findings and CT imaging results

Positive endoscopy correlated well with CT results, while negative endoscopy

correlated to a lesser degree with CT imaging

High correlation between positive nasal endoscopy and positive CT scan findings

Study Year LOE Study Design Study Groups Clinical Endpoint Conclusions

Positive nasal endoscopy,

Accurate CRS diagnosis by nasal endoscopy as confirmed by CT scans

Diagnosis of CRS based on nasal endoscopy findings and CT imaging

Prospectively patient-reported symptom scores and endoscopy findings

Diagnosis of CRS based on nasal endoscopy findings and CT imaging

Diagnosis of CRS based on nasal endoscopy findings and CT imaging

Accurate CRS diagnosis by nasal endoscopy as confirmed by CT scans

Three studies (n = 3899) of

Bhattacharyya 480 2010 3 Cohort study Patients presenting for evaluation of

CRS-associated symptoms

nasal endoscopy and CRS diagnosis

CRS-associated symptoms but negative CT

evaluation with facial pain

Stankiewicz 554 2002 3 Cohort study Patient presenting for evaluation of

CRS-associated symptoms

16 studies of CT and nasal endoscopy scores

Tan 548 2013 4 Case-control study CT-confirmed CRS

Agius 556 2010 3 Cohort study Patients presenting for

Wuister 555 2014 2 Systematic review of exploratory cohort studies

Kim 529 2019 2 Systematic review of retrospective or observational studies

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Nasal Endoscopy