Post-tonsillectomy morbidity and quality of life in pediatric patients with obstructive tonsils and adenoid: Microdebrider vs electrocautery

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 114-120

  Derkay, Craig S ^a,c   Darrow, David H ^a   Welch, Camille ^b   Sinacori, John T ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADENOID; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIET; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TONSIL; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOIDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEBRIDEMENT; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29944433495     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2005.10.039     Document Type: Article

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