Analysis of a critical pathway in osteoplastic flap for frontal sinus obliteration

Laryngoscope

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1212-1216

  Correa, Alex J ^a,c   Reinisch, Lou ^a   Paty, Victoria A ^a   Sanders, David L ^b   Duncavage, James A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Critical pathway; Osteoplastic flap; Sinus surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL SINUS; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0032800218     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199908000-00005     Document Type: Article

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