Endoscopic management of retained airgun projectiles in the paranasal sinuses

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-30

  Brinson, George M ^a,b   Senior, Brent A ^a,b   Yarbrough, Wendell G ^a,b  

^a Univ of N Carolina Sch of Med ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BULLET; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPISTAXIS; ETHMOID SINUS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; PARANASAL SINUS; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SPHENOID SINUS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

EID: 1642454566     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2003.07.010     Document Type: Article

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