Harmonic scalpel tonsillectomy: A systematic review of evidence for postoperative hemorrhage

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 378-384

  Neumann, Codruta ^a   Street, Ian ^b   Lowe, David ^a   Sudhoff, Holger ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DONCASTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUTERIZATION; DATA BASE; DIATHERMY; EMBASE; HARMONIC SCALPEL TONSILLECTOMY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; SCALPEL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TONSILLECTOMY;

HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; TONSILLECTOMY; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 34548218881     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2007.05.003     Document Type: Review

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