Optimal time for nasal packing removal after septoplasty. A comparative study

Rhinology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-71

  Hajiioannou, Jiannis K ^a   Bizaki, Argiro ^a   Fragiadakis, George ^a   Bourolias, Constantinos ^a   Spanakis, Ilias ^a   Chlouverakis, Gregory ^a   Bizakis, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Nasal packing; Postoperative discomfort; Rhinology; Septoplasty

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; EMOLLIENT AGENT; PETROLATUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE SEPTUM; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUTURING METHOD; TAMPON; TIME; TURBINATE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EMOLLIENTS; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL SEPTUM; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PETROLATUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TAMPONS, SURGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TURBINATES;

EID: 33947668852     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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