Torticollis following adenotonsillectomy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-164

  Bedi, Harvinder S ^a,b   Angliss, Richard D ^a   Williams, Simon A ^a   Connellv, Damian P ^a  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complication; Tonsillectomy; Torticollis

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; CASE REPORT; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT INFECTION; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TORTICOLLIS;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CHILD; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TONSILLECTOMY; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 0032947839     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.1999.01473.x     Document Type: Article

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