Objective: To explore the influence of liquid for post-operative irrigation on the effect of ESS.
Method: 192 cases with chronic sinusitis and/or nasal polyps of groupIIstageII who had undergone the ESS from September, 1998 to June, 1999 and completed a 3-month follow-up were divided randomly into 3 groups to accept 3 different kinds of irrigation liquid. The evaluation of curative effect was according to the index of HaiKou ESS-97.
Result: The curative effect of Herba Houttuyniae group was better than the other two.
Conclusion: The post-operative care is important and the irrigation liquid can affect the effect of ESS.