Post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage: A 7-year retrospective study

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 260, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 454-455

  Hopkins, C ^a,b   Geyer, M ^a   Topham, J ^a  

^a ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TONSILLECTOMY;

CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0142025295     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-003-0609-8     Document Type: Article

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