Cold dissection versus coblation-assisted adenotonsillectomy in children

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 406-410

  Shapiro, Nina L ^a,c   Bhattacharyya, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c 62 158 CHS ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adenotonsillectomy; Coblation; Cold dissection; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947182665     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31802ffe47     Document Type: Article

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