Management of frontal sinus fractures: A review of 96 cases

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1357-1362

  Gossman, David G ^a   Archer, Sanford M ^a   Arosarena, Oneida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior skull base; Complications; Fracture; Frontal sinus; Management; Repair; Trauma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FRONTAL SINUS; FRONTAL SINUS FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPEN REDUCTION; ORBIT FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL FRACTURES;

EID: 33746849357     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000226009.00145.85     Document Type: Review

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