CO2 laser surgery of hypertrophied inferior turbinates

Rhinology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-36

  Lippert, B M ^a   Werner, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; CO2 laser; Endonasal surgery; Hypertrophied inferior turbinate; Nasal obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; FACIAL BONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; FOLLOW UP; MANOMETRY; PATHOLOGY; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; TURBINATE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MANOMETRY; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURBINATES;

EID: 0030611539     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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