Cost-Effective Surgical Intervention in Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Current Otorhinolaryngology Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 117-123

  Bernic, A ^a   Dessouky, O ^b   Philpott, C ^c   Morris, S ^d   Hopkins, C ^b  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balloon sinuplasty; Chronic rhinosinusitis; Cost effectiveness; Endoscopic sinus surgery; Image guided sinus surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942779006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2167583X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40136-015-0077-x     Document Type: Review

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