Complications of tonsillectomy: A comparison of techniques

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 925-928

  Schmidt, Richard ^a   Herzog, Amanda ^a   Cook, Steven ^a   O'Reilly, Robert ^a   Deutsch, Ellen ^a   Reilly, James ^a  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOTONSILLAR HYPERTROPHY; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CHILD; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICRODEBRIDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADENOIDECTOMY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEHYDRATION; ELECTROSURGERY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 34548790275     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.133.9.925     Document Type: Article

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