Subjective comparison of Nd:YAG, diode, and CO2 lasers for endoscopically guided inferior turbinate reduction surgery

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 209-212

  Derowe, Ari ^a,b   Landsberg, Roy ^a   Leonov, Yaron ^a   Katzir, Abraham ^a,b   Ophir, Dov ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SILICATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; NEODYMIUM; YTTRIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; ODOR; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINITIS; TIME; TURBINATE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ALUMINUM SILICATES; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NEODYMIUM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RHINITIS; SMELL; TIME FACTORS; TURBINATES; WOUND HEALING; YTTRIUM;

EID: 0032059722     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/105065898781390145     Document Type: Article

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