Abstract:ObjectiveTo investigate the application of functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) in the treatment of modified partial turbinectomy and its effect on the improvement of symptoms and curative effect of chronic sinusitis.Methods60 patients with chronic sinusitis whose vertical length of middle turbinate ≥25 mm were selected and randomly divided into 30 cases of experimental group and 30 cases of control group. There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups(P>0.05) in preoperative observation indicators (nasal obstruction, runny nose, headache, olfactory VAS score, LundKennedy endoscopy score and CT Lundmackey score) . In the experimental group, after performing endoscopic surgery on nasal sinuses and nasal polyps and removing the lesions of the middle turbinate itself (vacuole, hypertrophy, polyps, etc.), the redundant free margin of the vertical part of the middle turbinate (i.e., the length of resection = the length of CT measurement21 mm) was removed according to the CT measurement results with the retention of the vertical length of the middle turbinate about 21 mm as the reference value; In the control group, the surgery of sinus and nasal polyp hand were completed, and the lesions and changes of the middle turbinate were treated according to the traditional concept, and the 1/2~2/3 front of anterior and inferior parts of the middle turbinate were removed when necessary. The patients were followed up for 10 to 12 months. Subjective symptoms were observed including nasal obstruction, runny nose, headache and olfactory disturbance), LundKennedy score of endoscopy, disease control and curative effect.ResultsVAS scores and endoscopic LundKennedy scores were significantly better than those before surgery in both groups (P<0.05); the observation indexes and the whole efficacy of the experimental group were better than those of the control group after operation; there were significant differences in nasal obstruction, headache improvement, LundKennedy endoscopy score and curative effect between the two groups (P<0.05); while there were no significant differences in the improvement of runny nose and olfaction between the two groups (P>0.05). The curative effect of the experimental group was better than that of the control group (P<0.05).ConclusionsModified partial resection is mainly for the long vertical part of the middle turbinate, which must be resected after the treatment of the middle turbinate lesions (bullae, hypertrophy, polypoid degeneration, etc.) to ensure a certain width of the middle nasal meatus. It is helpful for the improvement of postoperative nasal symptoms and the reduction of intraoperative cavity adhesion, and the improvement of the curative effect of nasal endoscopic surgery.