Effectiveness of intraoperative mitomycin C in maintaining the patency of a frontal sinusotomy: A preliminary report of a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-299

  Chan, Kwan Onn ^a   Gervais, Mireille ^b   Tsaparas, Yotis ^b   Genoway, Krista A ^b   Manarey, Casey ^b   Javer, Amin R ^b  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ETHMOIDECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HUMAN; MALE; NOSE SURGERY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINOSINUSITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 33746113867     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2006.20.2860     Document Type: Article

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