Reusable versus disposable instruments in tonsillectomy: A comparative study of outcomes

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 579-583

  Maheshwar, A ^a   De, M ^a   Browning, S T ^a  

^a SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATHERMY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DIATHERMY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141502402     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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