Repeated early debridement does not provide significant symptomatic benefit after ESS

Rhinology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 238-242

  Kemppainen, Tatu ^a   Seppä, Juha ^a   Tuomilehto, Henri ^a   Kokki, Hannu ^a,b   Nuutinen, Juhani ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Debridement; Endoscopic; Postoperative care; Sinus surgery; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEBRIDEMENT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52949119124     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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