Argon beam coagulation for post-tonsillectomy hemostasis

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 316-320

  Bowling, David M ^a,b,c  

^a Harvard Medical School ^*

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPUTUM; TONSILLECTOMY; INFANT; LASER COAGULATION; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ARGON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INFANT; LASER COAGULATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0036519201     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2002.122386     Document Type: Article

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