Clinical audit on tonsils and adenoid surgery. Is day surgery a reasonable option?

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 245-250

  Chee, N W C ^a   Chan, K O ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adenoidectomy; Complications; Fever; Haemorrhage; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SINGAPORE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0030096509     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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