Patient tolerance of in-office pulsed dye laser treatments to the upper aerodigestive tract

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1023-1027

  Rees, Catherine J ^a   Halum, Stacey L ^a   Wijewickrama, Rohan C ^a   Koufman, Jamie A ^a   Postma, Gregory N ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GRANULOMA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEUKOPLAKIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; PAPILLOMATOSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PULSED DYE LASER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNX; LASER SURGERY; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRACHEA; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 33646799451     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2006.01.019     Document Type: Article

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