A prospective single-blind randomized controlled study of use of hyaluronic acid nasal packs in patients after endoscopic sinus surgery

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-10

  Wormald, Peter John ^a,c   Boustred, R Neill ^b   Le, Tong ^a   Hawke, Lianne ^a   Sacks, Raymond ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY ADVENTIST HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; HYALURONIC ACID;

ADHESION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOSE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33645219656     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194589240602000102     Document Type: Article

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