Symptom Outcomes after Endoscopic Sinus Surgery for Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 329-333

  Bhattacharyya, Neil ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE CONGESTION; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; RHINORRHEA; RHINOSINUSITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542318203     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.130.3.329     Document Type: Article

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