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  1. Hassan H. Ramadan
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Medical College of Georgia, 1120 15th St, Ste BP-4632, Augusta, GA, 30912-4060, USA

    Stilianos E. Kountakis MD, PhD (Professor and Vice Chair) (Professor and Vice Chair)

  2. Dept. of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599—7070, USA

    Brent A. Senior MD (Assoc. Prof., Chief, Rhinology, Allergy, and Sinus Surgery) (Assoc. Prof., Chief, Rhinology, Allergy, and Sinus Surgery)

  3. Dept. of ENT-Diseases, Head-, Neck and Facial Plastic Surgery, Communication Disorders, Klinikum Fulda gAG, Pacelliallee 4, D 36043, Fulda, Germany

    Wolfgang Draf MD, PhD, FRCS (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

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Ramadan, H.H. (2005). History of Frontal Sinus Surgery. In: Kountakis, S.E., Senior, B.A., Draf, W. (eds) The Frontal Sinus. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27607-6_1

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