Objectives:Chronic rhinosinusitis is one of the common diseases that cause morbidity and affects a person's quality of life.We tried to provide a more appropriate and effective approach to selecting patients for e...Objectives:Chronic rhinosinusitis is one of the common diseases that cause morbidity and affects a person's quality of life.We tried to provide a more appropriate and effective approach to selecting patients for endoscopic sinus surgery.Methods:The study population is chronic rhinosinusitis children referred to the ear,nose,and throat clinic of two general hospitals in Tehran,Iran,who have previously undergone sufficient drug treatment and have not recovered.The Lund–Mackay score is calculated by examining the computed tomography(CT)scan.The Sino-nasal Outcome Test-22(SNOT-22)questionnaire was provided to the patients before the operation,after the operation,and 3 and 6 months later in the clinic.Results:Before the operation,the most SNOT-22 score people were in the range of 40–59 points.The SNOT-22 score before the operation is significantly different from 3 and 6 months after the operation.The highest frequency of Lund–Mackay CT(LMCT)scan score was in the range of 18–23 points.The LMCT scan score did not show any significant relationship with the SNOT-22 score before surgery,3 months,and 6 months after surgery.Sensitivity to aspirin had a significant relationship with SNOT-22 scores and the history of asthma and nasal polyps had a significant relationship with the preoperative LMCT scan score.Conclusions:The LMCT scan scoring system cannot be a good measure of chronic rhinosinusitis severity or the prognosis of patients after surgery.The SNOT-22 questionnaire can be used as a predictive tool to help the doctor and the patient in deciding to operate and the possibility of obtaining a relative recovery.展开更多
Colon capsule endoscopy(CCE)was introduced nearly two decades ago.Initially,it was limited by poor image quality and short battery time,but due to technical improvements,it has become an equal diagnostic alternative t...Colon capsule endoscopy(CCE)was introduced nearly two decades ago.Initially,it was limited by poor image quality and short battery time,but due to technical improvements,it has become an equal diagnostic alternative to optical colonoscopy(OC).Hastened by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic,CCE has been introduced in clinical practice to relieve overburdened endoscopy units and move investigations to out-patient clinics.A wider adoption of CCE would be bolstered by positive patient experience,as it offers a diagnostic investigation that is not inferior to other modalities.The shortcomings of CCE include its inability to differentiate adenomatous polyps from hyperplastic polyps.Solving this issue would improve the stratification of patients for polyp removal.Artificial intelligence(AI)has shown promising results in polyp detection and characterization to minimize incomplete CCEs and avoid needless examinations.Onboard AI appears to be a needed application to enable near-real-time decision-making in order to diminish patient waiting times and avoid superfluous subsequent OCs.With this letter,we discuss the potential and role of AI in CCE as a diagnostic tool for the large bowel.展开更多
文摘Objectives:Chronic rhinosinusitis is one of the common diseases that cause morbidity and affects a person's quality of life.We tried to provide a more appropriate and effective approach to selecting patients for endoscopic sinus surgery.Methods:The study population is chronic rhinosinusitis children referred to the ear,nose,and throat clinic of two general hospitals in Tehran,Iran,who have previously undergone sufficient drug treatment and have not recovered.The Lund–Mackay score is calculated by examining the computed tomography(CT)scan.The Sino-nasal Outcome Test-22(SNOT-22)questionnaire was provided to the patients before the operation,after the operation,and 3 and 6 months later in the clinic.Results:Before the operation,the most SNOT-22 score people were in the range of 40–59 points.The SNOT-22 score before the operation is significantly different from 3 and 6 months after the operation.The highest frequency of Lund–Mackay CT(LMCT)scan score was in the range of 18–23 points.The LMCT scan score did not show any significant relationship with the SNOT-22 score before surgery,3 months,and 6 months after surgery.Sensitivity to aspirin had a significant relationship with SNOT-22 scores and the history of asthma and nasal polyps had a significant relationship with the preoperative LMCT scan score.Conclusions:The LMCT scan scoring system cannot be a good measure of chronic rhinosinusitis severity or the prognosis of patients after surgery.The SNOT-22 questionnaire can be used as a predictive tool to help the doctor and the patient in deciding to operate and the possibility of obtaining a relative recovery.
文摘Colon capsule endoscopy(CCE)was introduced nearly two decades ago.Initially,it was limited by poor image quality and short battery time,but due to technical improvements,it has become an equal diagnostic alternative to optical colonoscopy(OC).Hastened by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic,CCE has been introduced in clinical practice to relieve overburdened endoscopy units and move investigations to out-patient clinics.A wider adoption of CCE would be bolstered by positive patient experience,as it offers a diagnostic investigation that is not inferior to other modalities.The shortcomings of CCE include its inability to differentiate adenomatous polyps from hyperplastic polyps.Solving this issue would improve the stratification of patients for polyp removal.Artificial intelligence(AI)has shown promising results in polyp detection and characterization to minimize incomplete CCEs and avoid needless examinations.Onboard AI appears to be a needed application to enable near-real-time decision-making in order to diminish patient waiting times and avoid superfluous subsequent OCs.With this letter,we discuss the potential and role of AI in CCE as a diagnostic tool for the large bowel.
