Time Course in the Relief of Nasal Blockage after Septal and Turbinate Surgery: A Prospective Study

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 324-328

  Ho, Wai Kuen ^a   Yuen, Anthony P W ^a   Tang, Kwong Chi ^a   Wei, William I ^a   Lam, Paul K Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FACE SURGERY; FACIAL BONE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NASAL SEPTUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RHINOMETRY, ACOUSTIC; TIME FACTORS; TURBINATES;

EID: 1542318207     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.130.3.324     Document Type: Article

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