Subcutaneous emphysema and mediastinitis: Unusual complications of tonsillectomy

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Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 197-200

  Gillot, C ^a   Tombu, S ^a   Crestani, V ^a   Huvelle, P ^a   Moreau, Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mediastinitis; Subcutaneous emphysema; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLAVULANIC ACID; FIBRINOGEN; GENTAMICIN; PROTEIN C; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEDIASTINITIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TONSILLECTOMY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645228004     PISSN: 1781782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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