Obliteration of the frontal sinus - State of the art and reflections on new materials

Rhinology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-15

  Weber, Rainer ^b   Draf, W ^a   Kahle, G ^b   Kind, M ^b  

^a KLINIKUM FULDA   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Magnetic resonance imaging; Obliteration; Osteoplastic frontal sinus surgery

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; BONE CEMENT; CALCIUM SULFATE; GELFOAM; GLASS; HYDROXYAPATITE; PROPLAST;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; FRONTAL BONE; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMAN; MUSCLE GRAFT; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CATS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; FRONTAL SINUS; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033005524     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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