Endoscopic Frontal Sinusotomy Using the Suprainfundibular Plate as a Key Landmark
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Joo-Heon Yoon MD
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Department of BK21 Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Joo-Heon Yoon, MD, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 120-752, Korea.Search for more papers by this authorHyoung-Jin Moon MD
Department of Trinity Ear, Nose and Throat Surgical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Search for more papers by this authorChang-Hoon Kim MD
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Search for more papers by this authorSeong-Soo Hong MD
Department of BK21 Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Search for more papers by this authorSeong Seok Kang MD
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Search for more papers by this authorKyubo Kim
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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Joo-Heon Yoon MD
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Department of BK21 Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Joo-Heon Yoon, MD, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 120-752, Korea.Search for more papers by this authorHyoung-Jin Moon MD
Department of Trinity Ear, Nose and Throat Surgical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Search for more papers by this authorChang-Hoon Kim MD
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Search for more papers by this authorSeong-Soo Hong MD
Department of BK21 Project for Medical Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Search for more papers by this authorSeong Seok Kang MD
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Search for more papers by this authorKyubo Kim
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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