Table 3: The comparison of the patients' subjective and objective indexes preoperatively and postoperatively between two groups (x ± s).
| Indexes | CAFESS group | FESS group | |
| SNOT-20 Score | preoperative | 21.85 ± 5.62 | 21.35 ± 6.23 |
| postoperative | 7.75 ± 3.15 ★ | 8.90 ± 3.77★ | |
| Lund-Kennedy Score | preoperative | 4.30 ± 1.16 | 4.40 ± 0.93 |
| postoperative | 1.10 ± 0.78★ | 1.50 ± 0.88★ | |
| Blood loss (ml) | 9.90 ± 5.68 | 35.35 ± 20.64▲ | |
| VAS score | 2.62 ± 0.71 | 7.99 ± 0.79▲ |
★p < 0.05 compared within the same group; ▲p < 0.05 compared between the two groups.