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Effect of passive smoking on ciliary regeneration of nasal mucosa after functional endoscopic sinus surgery in children.
Department of Otolaryngology, Cairo University, Egypt.
HYPOTHESIS AND BACKGROUND: Passive smoking in the paediatric age group is associated with an increased frequency of a number of childhood respiratory disorders. However, its effect on ciliary regeneration after functional endoscopic sinus surgery for chronic sinusitis has not previously been reported. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We conducted a prospective, nonrandomised cohort study on 38 paediatric patients with chronic sinusitis. We compared two patient groups--passive smokers and those not subjected to passive smoking--as regards ciliary regeneration after functional endoscopic sinus surgery, using objective methodology. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: We found passive smoking to have a negative impact on sinus cilia regeneration following functional endoscopic sinus surgery.
PMID: 18845033 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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