Subcutaneous Emphysema after Tonsillectomy: A Case Report

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-113

  Watanabe, Ken Ichi ^a   Kunitomo, Mayumi ^a   Yamauchi, Yoko ^a   Kimura, Maki ^a   Masuno, Satoru ^a   Aoki, Hideharu ^a   Yagi, Toshiaki ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Subcutaneous emphysema; Tonsillectomy; Tonsillitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SOFT TISSUE RADIOGRAPHY; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 2442439919     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.71.111     Document Type: Article

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