Advantage and disadvantage of KTP-532 laser tonsillectomy compared with conventional method

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 447-452

  Saito, Takehisa ^a   Honda, Noriyuki ^a   Saito, Hitoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

KTP 532 laser; Tonsillectomy; YAG laser

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0032826318     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0385-8146(99)00025-5     Document Type: Article

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