Double-blind randomised controlled trial comparing Merocel with Rapid Rhino nasal packs after routine nasal surgery

Rhinology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 241-243

  Arya, Arvind Kumar ^a   Butt, Omar ^a   Nigam, Ajay ^a  

^a BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Nasal; Packs; Post operative; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MAXILLARY SINUS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NOSE; NOSE SEPTUM RECONSTRUCTION; NOSE SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; NASAL MUCOSA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL SPONGES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346969765     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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