Assessment of the extent of previous endoscopic sinus surgery using the ACCESS score in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis referred to tertiary care rhinologic clinics.

Key Points

• This study aims to evaluate the variability in the extent of previous endoscopic sinus surgeries among patients with chronic rhinosinusitis.
• Assessment of previous surgical history using the ACCESS score
• Patients referred to tertiary rhinologic clinics for evaluation
• Comparison of surgical history regardless of the number of previous surgeries
• Significant heterogeneity found in the extent of prior surgeries
• Variation exists despite the history of multiple surgeries among patients