Microbipolar dissection vs. cold knife/suction cautery tonsillectomy in children: Preliminary results of a prospective study

Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 523, 1996, Pages 256-258

  Brodsky, Linda ^a,c   Pizzuto, Michael ^a   Gendler, Judith ^a,b   Duffy, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Women and Children's Research Foundation   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Complications; Recovery rate; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; ELECTROCOAGULATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0029657973     PISSN: 03655237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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