An evaluation of Merocel and Series 5000 nasal packs in patients following nasal surgery: A prospective randomised trial

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 352-355

  Bresnihan, M ^a   Mehigan, B ^b   Curran, A ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NOSE PACK; NOSE SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORMALDEHYDE; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE DISEASES; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34648858683     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2007.01517.x     Document Type: Article

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