Securing the posterior nasal pack; A technique to prevent alar necrosis

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 713-714

  Judd, Owen ^a   Gaskin, Julian ^a  

^a DERBYSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOON DILATATION; DECUBITUS; EPISTAXIS; HUMAN; NECROSIS; NOSE; NOSE INJURY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

BALLOON DILATATION; EPISTAXIS; HUMANS; NECROSIS; NOSE; NOSE DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; PRESSURE ULCER;

EID: 85047685466     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/rcsann.2009.91.8.711     Document Type: Note

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