A prospective study of the length of stay of 150 children following tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 491-495

  Drake Lee, Adrian ^a   Stokes, M ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenoidectomy; Children; Day case surgery; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LITERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONSILLECTOMY; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; VOMITING;

EID: 0032412214     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.1998.2360491.x     Document Type: Article

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