Acoustic rhinometry and rhinomanometry in the preoperative screening of septal surgery patients

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 605-609

  Pirilä, Tapio ^a   Tikanto, Jukka ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acoustic rhinometry; Anterior rhinoscopy; Nasal septum; Outcomes; Preoperative screening; Rhinomanometry; Septal deviation; Septoplasty; Septum surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SURGERY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RHINOMANOMETRY; RHINOMETRY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NASAL SEPTUM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RHINOMANOMETRY; RHINOMETRY, ACOUSTIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76149128348     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2009.23.3372     Document Type: Article

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