- functional endoscopic sinus surgery
- (FES) endoscopic surgery of the paranasal sinuses to correct problems causing sinus infection.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
functional endoscopic sinus surgery
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Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery — (FESS) is a surgical modality for some diseases of the nose and paranasal sinuses. It is a relatively recent surgical procedure that uses the help of nasal endoscopes (which make use of Hopkins rod lens telescopes): these are endoscopes which… … Wikipedia
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