Interrater agreement of nasal endoscopy in patients with a prior history of endoscopic sinus surgery

International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 453-459

  Mccoul, Edward D ^a   Smith, Timothy L ^b   Mace, Jess C ^b   Anand, Vijay K ^a   Senior, Brent A ^c   Hwang, Peter H ^d   Stankiewicz, James A ^e   Tabaee, Abtin ^f  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^f ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Interobserver variability; Paranasal sinuses; Rhinosinusitis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; ETHMOID SINUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUND MACKAY SCORE; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; NASAL ENDOSCOPY; NOSE POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SINONASAL OUTCOME TEST 22; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURBINATE;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL POLYPS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870685080     PISSN: 20426976     EISSN: 20426984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/alr.21058     Document Type: Article

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