Cost savings of unsedated office-based laser surgery for laryngeal papillomas

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-48

  Rees, Catherine J ^a,b   Postma, Gregory N ^a   Koufman, Jamie A ^a,c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Voice Institute of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Pulsed dye laser; Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis; Unsedated office based laryngeal laser surgery

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX PAPILLOMATOSIS; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL FEE; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; RECURRENT RESPIRATORY PAPILLOMATOSIS; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY; UNSEDATED OFFICE BASED LASER SURGERY;

EID: 33846563862     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940711600108     Document Type: Article

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