Taste disturbance following adult tonsillectomy

CME Bulletin Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 102-103

  Lowe, David A ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Hajioff, Daniel ^e   Jayaraj, Sam M ^e   Frosh, Adam C ^e  

^a BEDFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Royal College of Surgeons   (United Kingdom)

^d WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complication; Taste disturbance; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSGEUSIA; FEMALE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMAN; HYPOGEUSIA; INCIDENCE; LINGUAL NERVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE FRACTURE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SURGEON; TASTE DISORDER; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0036972733     PISSN: 13648829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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