Evaluation of radiofrequency thermal ablation results in inferior turbinate hypertrophies by magnetic resonance imaging

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 623-627

  Sapci, Tarik ^a   Usta, Canan ^a   Evcimik, M Fatih ^a,b   Bozkurt, Ziya ^a   Aygun, Elcin ^a   Karavus, Ahmet ^a   Peker, Mustafa ^a  

^a FATIH SULTAN MEHMET TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Inferior turbinate; Magnetic resonance investigation; Radiofrequency; RFTA

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; INFERIOR TURBINATE HYPERTROPHY; MALE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURBINATE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURBINATES;

EID: 34147158262     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e3180306d8b     Document Type: Article

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