Does nasal septal surgery improve quality of life?

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 752-757

  Schwentner, Ilona ^a   Dejakum, Klemens ^a   Schmutzhard, Joachim ^a   Deibl, Martina ^a   Sprinzl, Georg ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Nasal septal deviation; Septoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SEPTUM; NOSE SEPTUM RECONSTRUCTION; NOSE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP; SOCIAL LIFE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURBINECTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NASAL SEPTUM; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33745684521     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480500504176     Document Type: Article

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