Gold laser versus curettage adenoidectomy: Incidence of complications and otorrhea after concurrent pressure-equalization tube placement

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2026-2029

  Worley, N Knight ^a,d   Abdalkhani, Arman ^a   Hagmann, Michael A ^b   Belafsky, Peter C ^c   Amedee, Ronald G ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoidectomy; Complications; Laser; Otorrhea

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE DISEASE; OTORRHEA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOIDECTOMY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35848932280     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31812e95fa     Document Type: Article

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