Bipolar scissor tonsillectomy

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-12

  Saleh, H A ^a,b   Cain, A J ^a   Mountain, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bipolar diathermy; Scissors; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIATHERMY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADULT; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHILD; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0032972904     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.1999.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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