Comprehensive surgical management of the aerosinusitis patient

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-17

  Weitzel, Major Erik K ^a   McMains, K Christopher ^b   Wormald, Peter John ^c  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerosinusitis; Endoscopic sinus surgery; Sinus barotraumas

Indexed keywords

AEROSINUSITIS; ALLERGIC FUNGAL SINUSITIS; BAROTRAUMA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ETHMOIDECTOMY; FRONTAL SINUS; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HUMAN; PARANASAL SINUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; SINUS BAROTRAUMA; SINUSITIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NOSE MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; BAROTRAUMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL MUCOSA; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINUSITIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66149109655     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e32831b9caa     Document Type: Review

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