Inferior turbinate surgery and nasal airflow: Evidence-based management

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-59

  Leong, Samuel C ^a   Eccles, Ronald ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence base; Nasal obstruction; Outcomes; Rhinomanometry; Surgery; Turbinate

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFERIOR TURBINATE SURGERY; META ANALYSIS; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SURGERY; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHINOMANOMETRY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURBINATE; TURBINATE ENLARGEMENT;

HUMANS; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RHINOMANOMETRY; TURBINATES;

EID: 75749158221     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e328334db14     Document Type: Review

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