Carbon-dioxide laser-assisted tonsil ablation for adults with chronic tonsillitis: A 6-month follow-up study

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 260, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 456-459

  Remacle, Marc ^a   Keghian, Jerome ^a   Lawson, Georges ^a   Jamart, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adults; Carbon dioxide; Chronic tonsillitis; Laser assisted tonsil ablation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CAUTERIZATION; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALATINE TONSIL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAPORIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0142088985     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-003-0600-4     Document Type: Article

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