Symptom outcomes following endoscopic sinus surgery

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-58

  Chester, Alexander C ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bodily pain; Endoscopic sinus surgery; Fatigue; Fibromyalgia

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATIGUE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOSMIA; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE POLYP; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; RHINITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINUSITIS;

ANXIETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; ENDOSCOPY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHINITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66149091605     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e32831b9e2a     Document Type: Review

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