Would Day-Case Adult Tonsillectomy Be Safe?

The Journal of Laryngology & Otology

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 1166-1167

  Moralee, S J ^a   Murray, J ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adult; Day care; Haemorrhage; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SAFETY; TIME; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0029558170     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215100132347     Document Type: Article

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