Initial surgical treatment for chronic frontal sinusitis: A pilot study

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 116, Issue 4 I, 2007, Pages 286-289

  Becker, Samuel S ^a   Han, Joseph K ^a,b   Nguyen, Thuy Anh ^a   Gross, Charles W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic sinus surgery; Frontal sinusitis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHMOIDECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE POLYP; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SMOKING; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247533324     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940711600412     Document Type: Article

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