Surgical anatomy of the middle turbinate

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 493-496

  Lee, Hye Yeon ^a   Kim, Chang Hoon ^a   Kim, Jin Young ^a   Kim, Jin Kook ^b   Song, Mee Hyun ^a   Yang, Hee Jun ^a   Kim, Kyung Su ^a   Chung, In Hyunk ^a   Lee, Jeung Gweon ^a   Yoon, Joo Heon ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Conchal plate; Endoscopic sinus surgery; Partial middle turbinectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; KOREA; MEASUREMENT; NOSE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TURBINATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TURBINATES;

EID: 33749984429     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20202     Document Type: Article

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