Long-term results of radiofrequency turbinoplasty for allergic rhinitis refractory to medical therapy

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 892-895

  Lin, Hsin Ching ^a   Lin, Pei Wen ^a   Friedman, Michael ^b,c   Chang, Hsueh Wen ^d   Su, Yan Ye ^a   Chen, Yu Jen ^a   Pulver, Tanya M ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASAL PRURITUS; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; OCULAR PRURITUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY TURBINOPLASTY; RHINORRHEA; SNEEZING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CATHETER ABLATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURBINATE;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURBINATES;

EID: 77957055292     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2010.135     Document Type: Article

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