American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 337-339 , September 2009

Combined endoscopic and minitrephination techniques in the surgical management of frontal sinus type IV cell disease

  • Patricia A. Maeso, MD
    • ,
  • Robert T. Deal, MD
    • ,
  • Stilianos E. Kountakis, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, 1120 Fifteenth Street, Augusta, GA 30912, USA. Tel.: +1 706 721 6100; fax: +1 706 721 0112.

Received 29 November 2007

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☆ Conflict declaration: The Department of Otolaryngology-HNS at the Medical College of Georgia has received unrestricted educational grants from Medtronic-Xomed.

PII: S0196-0709(08)00113-0

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.06.012

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 337-339 , September 2009

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