Adenoidectomy for middle ear effusion: A study of 50,000 children over 24 years

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 427-433

  Kadhim, Abdul Latif ^a   Spilsbury, Katrina ^b   Semmens, James B ^b   Coates, Harvey L ^a   Lannigan, Francis J ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adenoidectomy; Data linkage; Myringotomy; Ventilation tubes; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MORBIDITY; MYRINGOTOMY; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHARYNX; PHARYNX DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATION TUBE INSERTION;

ADENOIDECTOMY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MYRINGOPLASTY; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33947105716     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31802c938b     Document Type: Article

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