Chronic sinusitis is an otolaryngologic complaint with an impact on patients’ quality of life. There are differences in the quality of evidence regarding the best surgical management approach.
Researchers did this study to investigate changes in publishing trends over time in pediatric chronic sinusitis surgical management.
The present study included a total of 327 abstracts in data collection and analysis. There was an overall significant increase in the total number of publications, the total number of authors, and comparison studies. The relative number of prospective studies, systemic review, and case studies/expert opinions have not significantly increased over time when comparing decades. Among the surgery types, functional endoscopic sinus surgery has the most number of publications regardless of the year despite a statistically significant increase in balloon sinuplasty in the pediatric literature.
Studies on pediatric chronic sinusitis have increased significantly during each of the last two decades, increasing the authors’ concomitant number and comparison studies. Although most publications are still Level C or D evidence, there has been a nonsignificant increase in Level A proof in the past decade.
Reference: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1945892419896240
