Randomized, controlled, study of absorbable nasal packing on outcomes of surgical treatment of rhinosinusitis with polyposis

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 214-217

  Franklin, Jason H ^a   Wright, Erin D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absorbable packing; Endoscopic sinus surgery; Hyaluronic acid; Merogel; Nasal packing; Outcomes; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPY; ETHMOID SINUS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NOSE SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYPOSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS, ENDOSCOPIC; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL POLYPS; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34249824917     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2007.21.3011     Document Type: Article

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