Notes

About the score

• Compared to the original Lund-Mackay score the modified staging system increased the range of the scale to 0-5 (0-2 for the ostiomeatal complex)

• Otherwise the score is assessed similarly, with each side graded individually, resulting in a maximum score of 54
  • ^{Zinreich SJ. Imaging for staging of rhinosinusitis. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Suppl. 2004 May;193:19-23. doi: 10.1177/00034894041130s506. PMID: 15174756.}

• It has been shown that the modified score better represents disease burden than the original Lund-Mackay score
  • ^{Likness MM, Pallanch JF, Sherris DA, Kita H, Mashtare TL Jr, Ponikau JU. Computed tomography scans as an objective measure of disease severity in chronic rhinosinusitis. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014 Feb;150(2):305-11. doi: 10.1177/0194599813513881. Epub 2013 Dec 3. PMID: 24301090; PMCID: PMC3986264.}

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