Septoplasty and compensatory inferior turbinate hypertrophy: A randomized study evaluated by acoustic rhinometry

The Journal of Laryngology & Otology

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 413-417

  Grymer, L F ^a   Illum, P ^a   Hilberg, O ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

acoustic; Nasal septum; Rhinometry; surgery; Turbinates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL BONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SEPTUM RECONSTRUCTION; NOSE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NASAL MUCOSA; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NASAL SEPTUM; TURBINATES;

EID: 0027198769     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215100123308     Document Type: Article

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