Inferior turbinectomy: Is the risk of haemorrhage overstressed?

The Journal of Laryngology & Otology

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 1988, Pages 590-591

  Dawes, P J D ^a  

^a NONE   (Kiribati)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLICATION; EPISTAXIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOSE SURGERY;

HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TURBINATES;

EID: 0023712445     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215100105791     Document Type: Article

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