Clinical effectiveness of coblation inferior turbinate reduction

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 365-371

  Bhattacharyya, Neil ^a   Kepnes, Lynn J ^b  

^a Division of Otolaryngology   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CODEINE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COBLATION INFERIOR TURBINATE REDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFERIOR TURBINATE HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NOSE BREATHING; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINOSINUSITIS SYMPTOM INVENTORY; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141958152     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(03)00634-X     Document Type: Article

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