Post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage: A prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial of cold dissection versus bipolar diathermy dissection

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 450-454

  Haddow, K ^a   Montague, M L ^a   Hussain, S S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bipolar Diathermy; Post operative Haemorrhage; Randomized Controlled Trials; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISSECTION TONSILLECTOMY; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD DISSECTION TONSILLECTOMY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGEON; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIATHERMY; DISSECTION; HEMOSTASIS; METHODOLOGY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; TONSILLITIS;

ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIATHERMY; DISSECTION; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 33750110965     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215106000120     Document Type: Article

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