Evaluation of post-tonsillectomy bleeding in the adult population

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 544-549

  Bhattacharyya, N ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0034881656     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556130108000817     Document Type: Article

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