Evidence-based applications of mitomycin C in the nose

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 422-425

  Karkos, Peter D ^a,b   Leong, Samuel C ^a,b   Sastry, Andy ^c   Assimakopoulos, Assimakis D ^d   Swift, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

DRUG EFFECT; ENDOSCOPY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LACRIMAL DUCT OBSTRUCTION; MITOMYCIN; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052144651     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: 1532818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2010.07.022     Document Type: Review

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