Management of frontal sinus fractures

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-48

  Rice, Dale H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior table; Bioresorbable; Endoscopic; Frontal sinus; Posterior table; Sinus aperture

Indexed keywords

BLUNT TRAUMA; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYOLOGY; ETHMOID SINUS; EVALUATION; FOREHEAD; FRONTAL SINUS; FRONTAL SINUS FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOTOR VEHICLE; ORBIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FRONTAL SINUS; HUMANS; SKULL FRACTURES;

EID: 1642438978     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00020840-200402000-00013     Document Type: Review

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