Mitomycin C and endoscopic sinus surgery: Where are we?

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-43

  Tabaee, Abtin ^a   Brown, Seth M ^a   Anand, Vijay K ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic sinus surgery; Mitomycin C; Scar; Synechia

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADHESION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SIDE EFFECT; STENOSIS; WOUND HEALING;

ADHESIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CICATRIX; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; MITOMYCIN; NASAL MUCOSA; PARANASAL SINUSES;

EID: 33846114279     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e328011bcae     Document Type: Review

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