The role of mitomycin C in surgery of the frontonasal recess: A prospective open pilot study

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 591-594

  Amonoo Kuofi, Kwame ^a   Lund, Valerie J ^a   Andrews, Peter ^a   Howard, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SOLUTION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HUMAN; MALE; NOSE AIRFLOW; OPEN STUDY; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESTENOSIS; SCAR FORMATION; SINUS OSTIUM STENOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL SINUS; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845711661     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2006.20.2917     Document Type: Article

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