The role of adjuvant adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy in the outcome of the insertion of tympanostomy tubes

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 344, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 1188-1195

  Coyte, Peter C ^a,b,c,e   Croxford, Ruth ^d   McIsaac, Warren ^b,e   Feldman, William ^a,f   Friedberg, Jacob ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYRINGOTOMY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ONTARIO; OTITIS MEDIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANOPLASTY;

EID: 0035912151     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200104193441602     Document Type: Article

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