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Ovid Medline, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">EMBASE<\/jats:styled-content>, Pubmed. The following key words were used: Postoperative, functional endoscopic sinus surgery, sinus surgery, debridement, follow\u2010up, from 1970 to 2013.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Evaluation method<\/jats:title><jats:p>Two independent reviewers assessed the relevant articles using the consort guidance on systematic reviews Moher et\u00a0al. <jats:italic>BMJ<\/jats:italic> 2010; 340: c869.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The best evidence available was 1B, with six Randomsied control trial (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RCT<\/jats:styled-content>s) identified. Four studies compared debridement against no debridement, and two looked at the frequency of the debridement. Cumulatively, results for 337 patients were included. Visual analogue scores were used in all studies. None of the results at the long\u2010term follow\u2010up showed any difference in sino\u2010nasal outcome test scores or objective endoscopic scores. Four of the six studies demonstrated some benefit in symptom scores but only one in the long term. Two papers demonstrated the debridement group suffered more pain in the postoperative period.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Currently, there is no clear evidence for frequent postoperative debridement. 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