Intracapsular tonsillar reduction (partial tonsillectomy): Reviving a historical procedure for obstructive sleep disordered breathing in children

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 532-538

  Koltai, Peter J ^a   Solares, C Arturo ^a   Koempel, Jeffery A ^a   Hirose, Keiko ^a   Abelson, Tom I ^a   Krakovitz, Paul R ^a   Chan, James ^a   Xu, Meng ^b   Mascha, Edward J ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BREATHING DISORDER; CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0242662770     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(03)00727-7     Document Type: Article

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