The Frontal Sinus Rescue Procedure: Early Experience and Three-Year Follow-Up

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 211-216

  Kuhn, Frederick A ^a   Javer, Amin R ^a   Nagpal, Kalpana ^a   Citardi, Martin J ^b  

^a Georgia Nasal and Sinus Institute   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL SINUS; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL SINUS; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034219228     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/105065800779954437     Document Type: Article

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