Outcomes of surgery for inferior turbinate hypertrophy

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-53

  Bhandarkar, Naveen D ^a   Smith, Timothy L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence; Hypertrophy; Inferior turbinate; Outcomes; Reduction; Turbinate surgery

Indexed keywords

DIODE LASER; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; NOSE SURGERY; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURBINATE; TURBINATE HYPERTROPHY;

HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURBINATES;

EID: 75749130794     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e328334d974     Document Type: Review

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