Postoperative recovery after microdebrider intracapsular or monopolar electrocautery tonsillectomy: A prospective, randomized, single-blinded study

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 270-274

  Sobol, Steven E ^a,c   Wetmore, Ralph F ^b   Marsh, Roger R ^b   Stow, Joanne ^b   Jacobs, Ian N ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Emory Children's Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ANALGESICS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 33645236001     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.132.3.270     Document Type: Article

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