Our technique of partial inferior turbinoplasty : Long-term results evaluated by rhinomanometry

Acta Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica Belgica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-18

  Katz, S ^a,b   Schmelzer, B ^a   Cammaert, T ^a   Della Faille, D ^a   Leirens, J ^a  

^a ENT Department   (Belgium)

^b MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Inferior turbinate; Nasal obstruction; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MANOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMEDICATION; SURGERY; TURBINATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; PREMEDICATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TURBINATES;

EID: 0029692148     PISSN: 00016497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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