The use of grafts in frontal sinus drill-outs

@article{Yin2020TheUO,
  title={The use of grafts in frontal sinus drill-outs},
  author={Tary Yin and Richard George Douglas},
  journal={Current Opinion in Otolaryngology \& Head and Neck Surgery},
  year={2020},
  volume={29},
  pages={31 - 35},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:227315518}
}
An overview of the types of grafts described for reconstruction of the frontal neo-ostium mucosal lining is provided and the latest evidence on their efficacy is discussed, suggesting that frontal sinus drill-out grafts result in favorable restenosis and graft success rates.
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