Meningitis after adenoidectomy: An anatomic explanation

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 684-688

  Isaacson, Glenn ^a   Parke, Wesley W ^b  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

adenoidectomy; complication; head and neck anatomy; meningitis; vascular anatomy

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

EID: 0029786903     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949610500903     Document Type: Article

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