Magnetic resonance imaging following fat obliteration of the frontal sinus

Neuroradiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 52-58

  Weber, R ^a,b   Draf, W ^a   Keerl, R ^a   Kahle, G ^a   Kind, M ^a   Schinzel, S ^c   Thomann, S ^c   Weber, A ^d  

^a KLINIKUM FULDA   (Germany)

^b MARIENHOSPITAL STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c Hospital Fulda ^*  (Germany)

^d MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fat transplantation; Frontal sinus mucocoele; Frontal sinus obliteration; Frontal sinus surgery; Half life of transplanted fat; Magnetic resonance imaging; Osteoplastic flap operation

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL SINUS; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036938373     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340100635     Document Type: Article

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