Benefits of surgery
Sinus surgery offers a significant improvement in patients' quality of life. In particular, sinus surgery will relieve most of the symptoms that are attributable to chronic sinusitis such as nose obstruction, runny nose, nasal secretions in the throat, and facial pain. The effects of surgery on reduced smell vary strongly between patients and depend on the extent of the disease. Surgery is also expected to improve patients' sleep quality, work performance and daytime fatigue.
Risks & complications of surgery
Sinus surgery is a challenging procedure and despite the availability of new instrumentation, complications during surgery may still occur. The major complications include bleeding, intracranial injury (inside the skull), and visual disturbances. Examples of minor complications include effusion of blood around the eye ('blue eye') or redness of the skin around the eye, watery eyes, scar formation inside the nose and persistence of the disease.