Comparison of long term results after Ho:YAG and diode laser treatment of hyperplastic inferior nasal turbinates

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 324-331

  Sroka, Ronald ^a,c   Janda, Philip ^a   Killian, Tina ^a   Vaz, Francis ^b   Betz, Christian S ^a   Leunig, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Diode laser; Ho:YAG laser; Inferior nasal turbinates; Long term follow up; Nasal obstruction; Vasomotor rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; DRY NOSE; EDEMA; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINOMANOMETRY; TURBINATE; VASOMOTOR RHINITIS;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; LASER SURGERY; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, VASOMOTOR; RHINOMANOMETRY; TURBINATES;

EID: 34248229208     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20479     Document Type: Article

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