An unusual complication of tonsillectomy

Surgeon

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 296-298

  Walshe, Peter ^a   Ramos, E ^a   Low, C ^a   Thomas, L ^a   McWilliams, R ^a   Hone, S ^a  

^a Royal Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lingual artery; Pseudoaneurysm; Tonsillectomy haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXPERIENCE; FALSE ANEURYSM; FATALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; PHARYNX DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SNORING; TONGUE; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

EID: 22944443265     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-666X(05)80096-4     Document Type: Article

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