Tonsillectomy - Cold dissection vs. hot dissection a prospective study

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2005, Pages

  Gendy, Samir ^a  

^a NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUTERIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 31844453406     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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