Comparing the microdebrider and standard instruments in endoscopic sinus surgery: A double-blind randomised study

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Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Sauer, M ^a   Lemmens, W ^a   Vauterin, T ^a   Jorissen, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Endoscopic sinus surgery; Instrument; Microdebrider; Outcome; Powered

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE POLYP; NOSE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEBRIDEMENT; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; INSTRUMENTATION; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PARANASAL SINUSITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINUSITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ETHMOID SINUSITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NASAL POLYPS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 34347218618     PISSN: 1781782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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