Tonsillectomy Using the Colorado Microdissection Needle: A Prospective Series and Comparative Technique Review

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-17

  Rideout, Benjamin ^a   Shaw, Gary Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORADO TIP ELECTROMICRODISSECTION NEEDLE; COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; NEEDLE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REVIEW; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIGATION; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642539973     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000084313.89387.1C     Document Type: Review

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