Nasal packing after routine nasal surgery—is it justified?

The Journal of Laryngology & Otology

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 1993, Pages 902-905

  Robinson, Philip ^b   Ryan, Rowena ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ENT Registrar ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

complications; Morbidity; nasal; Occlusive dressings

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; IODOFORM; PARAFFIN; SILASTIC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; NOSE SEPTUM; NOSE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLINT;

ADULT; BANDAGES; BISMUTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCARBONS, IODINATED; MALE; NOSE; NOSE DISEASES; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLINTS;

EID: 0027454125     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215100124740     Document Type: Article

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