MIDDLE TURBINATE FENESTRATION METHOD: AN ADVANCED PROCEDURE OF ENDOSCOPIC SINUS

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  • Miwa Takaki
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University
  • Yamada Kanako
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University
  • Yamamoto Junpei
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University
  • Kinoshita Yuko
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University
  • Shiga Hideaki
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University

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  • 副鼻腔炎による嗅覚障害に対する鼻内内視鏡手術の工夫
  • SURGERY FOR THE PATIENTS WITHOLFACTORY DISORDERS DUE TO CHRONIC SINUSITIS
  • ―中鼻甲介開窓術―

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Abstract

Sinusitis is a frequent cause of olfactory disturbance. The major mechanism of olfactory disorder due to chronic sinusitis is thought to be closing of airway and blockade of odor molecules to the olfactory mucosa. Therefore, the prognosis for recovery of olfactory function is not very bad with medical and surgical interventions. We developed a new surgical technique to obtain further improvement of olfactory function of patients with olfactory disorders due to chronic sinusitis and reported.

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  • JIBI INKOKA TEMBO

    JIBI INKOKA TEMBO 55 (5), 376-379, 2012

    Society of Oto-rhino-laryngology Tokyo

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