Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Kırıkkale University School of Medicine, Kırıkkale, Turkey.
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Kırıkkale University School of Medicine, Kırıkkale, Turkey.
Laryngoscope. 2024 Mar;134(3):1077-1080. doi: 10.1002/lary.30926. Epub 2023 Jul 29.
We aimed to examine the relationship between chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps and microplastics.
A total of 80 patients participated in this prospectively planned study. The patients were divided into two groups. Group 1 had 50 patients with chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps, whereas Group 2 had 30 healthy volunteers. The age and gender of the participants were noted. Nose Obstruction Symptom Evaluation questionnaire was applied to the patients. The patients performed nasal lavage with saline. Microplastics were examined in the collected nasal lavage fluids, and their numbers were noted. The groups were compared on these values.
The mean age was 38.06 ± 14.15 years in the chronic rhinosinusitis group without nasal polyps and 33.60 ± 11.68 years in the control group. There was no significant difference between the groups in terms of age and gender. There was a significant difference in the number of microplastics between the chronic rhinosinusitis group without nasal polyps and the control group (p < 0.001). Microplastics were detected in all participants.
We found more microplastics in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps. According to this result, we can say that there may be a relationship between chronic rhinosinusitis and microplastics.
3 Laryngoscope, 134:1077-1080, 2024.
研究非鼻息肉慢性鼻-鼻窦炎与微塑料的关系。
本前瞻性研究纳入 80 例患者。患者分为两组，其中组 1 为 50 例非鼻息肉慢性鼻-鼻窦炎患者，组 2 为 30 例健康志愿者。记录患者的年龄、性别。对患者行鼻腔堵塞症状评估问卷（NOSE）评分，鼻腔冲洗后收集鼻腔冲洗液，观察并记录微塑料数量。比较两组患者的微塑料检出情况。
非鼻息肉慢性鼻-鼻窦炎组患者的平均年龄为 38.06±14.15 岁，对照组为 33.60±11.68 岁。两组在年龄、性别方面无统计学差异。非鼻息肉慢性鼻-鼻窦炎组患者鼻腔冲洗液中微塑料的检出数量明显多于对照组（p<0.001），且所有患者鼻腔冲洗液中均检出微塑料。
非鼻息肉慢性鼻-鼻窦炎患者的鼻腔冲洗液中微塑料检出数量更多，由此可见慢性鼻-鼻窦炎与微塑料之间可能存在一定联系。
3 级，《喉镜》杂志，134：1077-1080，2024 年。
