Power microdebrider-assisted modification of endoscopic inferior turbinoplasty: A preliminary report

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 359-365

  Lee, Chieh Feng ^a   Chen, Tai An ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Endoscopic; Microdebrider; Turbinoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HYPERTROPHIC RHINITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POWER MICRODEBRIDER ASSISTED MODIFICATION OF ENDOSCOPIC INFERIOR TURBINOPLASTY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; RHINOMANOMETRY; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHINITIS, ATROPHIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242726869     PISSN: 02558270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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