Frontal sinus fractures: A treatment algorithm and assessment of outcomes based on 78 clinical cases

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 457-468

  Chen, Kuang Te ^a   Chen, Chien Tzung ^a,b   Mardini, Samir ^a   Tsay, Pei Kwei ^a   Chen, Yu Ray ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGITIS; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUSITIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746769479     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000227738.42077.2d     Document Type: Review

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