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Image-guided sinus surgery: practical considerations.

Ralph Metson·Stacey T Gray
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The availability and use of image-guidance systems for sinus surgery will probably continue to increase in the years ahead. Surgeons who use this technology must do so with an appreciation of its potential benefits, as well as its possible pitfalls.

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Ralph Metson, Stacey T Gray. 2005. Image-guided sinus surgery: practical considerations.. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otc.2004.11.002

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