Nasal dressings after endoscopic sinus surgery: What and why?

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-48

  Valentine, Rowan ^a   Wormald, Peter John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Biomaterials; Chronic rhinosinusitis; Endoscopic sinus surgery; Hemostasis

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CHITOSAN DERIVATIVE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPISTAXIS; GEL; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SURGERY; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; BANDAGES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; NASAL CAVITY; SINUSITIS;

EID: 75749111445     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e3283346f36     Document Type: Review

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