No packing versus packing after endoscopic sinus surgery: Pursuit of patients' comfort after surgery

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 525-528

  Mo, Ji Hun ^a,b   Han, Doo Hee ^a   Shin, Hyun Woo ^a   Cha, Wonjae ^a   Chang, Mun Young ^a   Jin, Hong Ryul ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Comfort; Complication; Endoscope; Nose; Packing; Postoperative; Sinus; Surgery; Symptom

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRESSURE; TAMPONS, SURGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53549102481     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2008.22.3218     Document Type: Article

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