‘Two-stage turbinectomy’: Sequestration of the inferior turbinate following submucosal diathermy

The Journal of Laryngology & Otology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 14-16

  Golding Wood, D G ^b   Fisher, E W ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL THROAT NOSE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIATHERMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NECROSIS; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; DIATHERMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; OSTEONECROSIS; TURBINATES;

EID: 0025964990     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215100114707     Document Type: Article

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