Monopolar and bipolar radiofrequency thermal ablation of inferior turbinates: 20-month follow-up

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 256-263

  Cavaliere, Matteo ^a   Mottola, Giampiero ^a   Iemma, Maurizio ^a  

^a S Giovanni di Dio   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; SACCHARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MORBIDITY; NOSE EDEMA; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RHINOMANOMETRY; RHINOMETRY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TURBINATE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINOMANOMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURBINATES;

EID: 34547134709     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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