American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 46-49 , January 2006

Endoscopic sinus surgery for the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis in patients with postirradiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Presented at the 19th Congress of the European Rhinologic Society, June 18, 2002, Ulm, Germany.

  • Mao-Chang Su, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Department of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Rong-San Jiang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan 40705, ROC. Tel.: +886 4 23592525 ext. 5401; fax: +886 4 23596868.
    • ,
  • Jung-Liang Chiang, EB

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Education, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jin-Ching Lin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Received 21 March 2005

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PII: S0196-0709(05)00136-5

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2005.07.007

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 46-49 , January 2006

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