Comparison of radiofrequency tissue volume reduction and submucosal resection with microdebrider in inferior turbinate hypertrophy

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 176-181

  Kizilkaya, Zeynep ^a   Ceylan, Kursat ^a   Emir, Hatice ^a   Yavanoglu, Ahmet ^a   Unlu, Ilhan ^a   Samim, Erdal ^a   Akagün, Murat C ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CILIARY MOTILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; INFERIOR TURBINATE HYPERTROPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICRODEBRIDEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINOMETRY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED RADIOFREQUENCY TISSUE VOLUME REDUCTION; TURBINATE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MICROSURGERY; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; NASAL MUCOSA; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINOMETRY, ACOUSTIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURBINATES;

EID: 38649119805     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2007.10.035     Document Type: Article

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