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| Predicate | Object |
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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
3 Pt 1
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1978-7-26
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| pubmed:abstractText |
In a follow-up, 2 to 27 years postoperatively, of 43 patients with unilateral choanal atresia a high frequency of relapses was observed. In 47% of the cases, preoperative symptoms had reappeared, and in 84% scar tissue had reduced the choanal opening to less than half of normal size. In most of the patients a transpalatinal approach was used, either ad modum Ruddy, Wilson or Owens. In order to improve the results, the surgical method and the postoperative treatment were changed in a new series of 15 patients with unilateral atresia. These patients, 6 to 26 years of age, were operated on by a transplantinal approach during two months in the autumn of 1974. After removal of the atresia, the posterior part of the nasal cavity was modeled, with a dental drill, to increasing diameter towards epipharynx. To keep the opening patent a PVC tube was left in the choana for six weeks postoperatively. The results were encouraging. Two and a half years after the operation there were no relapses.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:issn |
0003-4894
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
87
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
346-50
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-5-15
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:655572-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:655572-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:655572-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:655572-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:655572-Follow-Up Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:655572-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:655572-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:655572-Methods,
pubmed-meshheading:655572-Nasal Cavity
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Surgical treatment of congenital choanal atresia.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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