Coblation®: Improving outcomes for children following adenotonsillectomy

Clinical Cornerstone

Volumn 9, Issue 1 SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Benninger, Michael ^a   Walner, David ^a,b  

^a Neck Surgery Henry Ford Medical Group   (United States)

^b Pediatric Otolaryngology Lutheran General Children's Hospital Park Ridge ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; CURETTAGE; DISSECTION; HALITOSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; OTITIS MEDIA; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHARYNX CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHINORRHEA; SINUSITIS; SPEECH DISORDER; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURGEON; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TOOTH INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADENOID; CHILD WELFARE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HEALTH STATUS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TONSIL;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOIDS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250617168     PISSN: 10983597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1098-3597(07)80005-6     Document Type: Article

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