Removal of a nasal leech: A safe and effective method

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 814-815

  Tseng, Chih Chieh ^a   Ho, Ching Yin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSCOPY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCEPS; HUMAN; INFESTATION; LEECH; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PRURITUS;

AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; CHILD; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEECHES; LIDOCAINE; MALE; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NOSE;

EID: 18844432103     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2004.09.055     Document Type: Article

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