A comparison of microbipolar cautery dissection to hot knife and cold knife cautery tonsillectomy

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 239-246

  Pizzuto, Michael P ^a   Brodsky, Linda ^a   Duffy, Linda ^a,b   Gendler, Judith ^a,b   Nauenberg, Eric ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold knife cautery tonsillectomy; Microbipolar tonsillectomy; Monopolar (hot knife) tonsillectomy; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; DISSECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0034732881     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(00)00293-7     Document Type: Article

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