Bipolar electrodissection tonsillectomy in children

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 262, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 716-718

  Kirazli, Tayfun ^a   Bilgen, Cem ^a,b   Midilli, Rasit ^a   Ögüt, Fatih ^a   Uyar, Meltem ^a   Kedek, Aysegül ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bipolar; Child; Electrosurgery; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISSECTION; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 26444596111     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-004-0774-4     Document Type: Article

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