Pediatric tonsillotomy with radiofrequency technique: Long-term follow-up

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1851-1857

  Ericsson, Elisabeth ^a   Graf, Jonas ^a   Hultcrantz, Elisabeth ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behavior; Immunology; Long term follow up; Reduced morbidity; Snoring; Tonsil surgery; Tonsillotomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PHARYNGITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RELAPSE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SNORING; THROAT SURGERY; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TONSILLOTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISSECTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARYNGITIS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SNORING; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 33749437091     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000234941.95636.e6     Document Type: Article

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