Antrochoanal Polyps: How Long Should Follow-Up Be after Surgery?

Table 1

Patient characteristics according to age group.

	Total (38 patients)	Age <15 years (11 patients)	Age ≥15 years (27 patients)	value
Age (year)	Median 23.5
Mean SD	28.1 ± 16.3	10.7 ± 2.6	35 ± 14
Range	7–64	7–14	15–64
Sex
Male : female		6 : 5	12 : 15	0.724
Symptoms
Nasal obstruction	37 (97.4%)	11 (100%)	26 (96.3%)	1.000
Unilateral		7 (63.6%)	15 (55.6%)
Bilateral		4 (36.4%)	11 (40.7%)
None		0	1 (3.7%)
Positional change	9 (23.7%)	3 (27.3%)	6 (22.2%)	1.000
Progression		10 (90.9%)	17 (63%)	0.124
Purulent rhinorrhea	27 (71.1%)	9 (81.8%)	18 (66.7%)	0.452
Epistaxis	5 (13.2%)	2 (18.2%)	3 (11.1%)	0.615
Pain	10 (26.3%)	2 (18.2%)	8 (29.6%)	0.690
Sore throat	3 (7.9%)	—	3 (11.1%)	0.542
Delayed diagnosis	9 (23.7%)	1 (9.1%)	8 (29.6%)	0.237
Follow-up
Less than a month	7 (18.4%)	2 (18.2%)	5 (18.5%)
Median (year)	1.22	1.24	1.20	0.721
Range	1 day–8 years	1 day–7 years	1 day–8 years
Operation
Endoscopic polypectomy		1	—
Endoscopic removal		10	25
Combined endoscopic and transcanine fossa		—	2
Origin
Maxillary sinus		11	21
Sphenoethmoidal recess/superior turbinate		—	6
Recurrence		4 (36.4%)	1 (3.7%)	0.019