A prospective study using rhinomanometry and patient clinical satisfaction to determine if objective measurements of nasal airway resistance can improve the quality of septoplasty

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 254, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 387-390

  Sipila J ^a   Suonpaa J ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Postoperative clinical satisfaction; Rhinomanometry; Septoplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOSE AIRWAY RESISTANCE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SEPTUM RECONSTRUCTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOMANOMETRY;

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NASAL SEPTUM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; RHINOPLASTY;

EID: 0030962755     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01642556     Document Type: Article

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