Microdebrider tonsillotomy vs electrosurgical tonsillectomy: A randomized, double-blind, paired control study of postoperative pain

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 599-604

  Lister, Matthew T ^a   Cunningham, Michael J ^a   Benjamin, Barry ^a   Williams, Michael ^a   Tirrell, Ann ^a   Schaumberg, Debra A ^a   Hartnick, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE TONSILLAR HYPERPLASIA; OTALGIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEBRIDEMENT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745248077     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.132.6.599     Document Type: Article

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