Contemporary indications for the Caldwell-Luc procedure

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-26

  Matheny, Keith E ^a   Duncavage, James A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; CALDWELL LUC OPERATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DACRYOCYSTITIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACE EDEMA; FACE PAIN; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PARESTHESIA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; MAXILLARY SINUS; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0037304054     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00020840-200302000-00005     Document Type: Review

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