The Effect of Nasal and Sinus Surgery upon the Manifestations of Allergy
- 12 January 1950
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 242 (2) , 43-48
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm195001122420202
Abstract
THE effect of nasal and sinus surgery upon the manifestations of allergy has long been controversial. The purpose of this paper is to present a point of view based upon about twenty years of rhinologic research in the Allergy Clinic of the Massachusetts General Hospital, and upon experience in dealing with a considerable number of patients as a surgeon in the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and in private practice. It is easy to report statistical studies in an effort to support an opinion, but scientific truth is rarely reached by such a method. On the contrary, one must observe . . .Keywords
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