Endoscopic Lothrop procedure: When should it be considered?

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-69

  Close, Lanny Garth ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic; Frontal sinus; Lothrop

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; FRONTOETHMOID FRACTURE; HUMAN; LOTHROP PROCEDURE; MORBIDITY; MUCOCELE; OSTEITIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARANASAL SINUS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ENDOSCOPY; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMANS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 13244275039     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00020840-200502000-00015     Document Type: Review

References (8)

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