[Specific microendoscopic characteristics of intranasal mucosa in patients presenting with chronic rhinosinusitis and treated with sinuforte].

The objective of the present work was to assess the efficacy of the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis (CR) in the patients treated with sinuforte using the contact microendoscpic technique. This randomized open clinical and instrumental study included 30 patients presenting with chronic rhinosinusitis. All of them were treated with sinuforte as monotherapy at a dose of 1.3 mg per procedure given once daily during 7 consecutive days. The efficacy of the treatment was evaluated by means of endoscopic and microendoscopic examination supplemented by functional tests on days 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 after the beginning of therapy. In addition, a questionnaire study was carried out. It was demonstrated that the use of sinuforte for the treatment of the patients with chronic rhinjsinusitis is safe and efficacious as confirmed by the morphological picture revealed by contact microendoscopy.