Postoperative care with Chinese herbal medicine or amoxicillin after functional endoscopic sinus surgery: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 170-175

  Liang, Kai Li ^a,b,c   Su, Yi Chang ^d   Tsai, Chen Chen ^a   Lin, Jui Shan ^d   Jiang, Rong San ^a,c   Su, Mao Chang ^c,e  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CHINESE DRUG; HOUTTUYNIA EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; TSANG ERH SAN EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINOMETRY; RHINOSINUSITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMOXICILLIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HOUTTUYNIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 79957511463     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2011.25.3610     Document Type: Article

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