Long-term follow-up of aviators after functional endoscopic sinus surgery for sinus barotrauma

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1029-1034

  Parsons, David S ^a   Chambers, David W ^a   Boyd, Edgar M ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; BAROTRAUMA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FLIGHT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; BAROTRAUMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PARANASAL SINUSES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030859558     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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