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Although much has been written about the surgical technique of functional endoscopic sinus surgery, for sinusitis and nasal polyposes, the other uses of the nasal endoscope has not been mentioned, Seven hundred and twenty five patients have undergone endoscopic nasal office evaluations and subsequent functional endoscopic sinus surgery for various indications in our unit from December 1990 to September 1994. Though most of the surgeries were for nasal polyposes and sinusitis, we have used the scope for various other indications.
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Varghese, G., Murthy, P. Medical education. IJO & HNS 51, 84–89 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02996858
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