Frontal sinus fractures: A review of trends, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes at a level 1 trauma center in Connecticut

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 133-138

  McRae, Mark ^a   Momeni, Reza ^b,c   Narayan, Deepak ^c  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Summit Mediacal Group   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKULL FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41749088933     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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