Tonsillectomy: Cold dissection versus bipolar electrodissection

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-351

  Silveira, Helena ^a   Soares, José Silveira ^a   Lima, Hermano Almeida ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DO DIVINO ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bipolar dissection; Post operative morbidity; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLEEDING DISORDER; CHILD; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PORTUGAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REDUCTION; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0037379067     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(02)00399-3     Document Type: Article

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