Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy techniques: Past, present and future

ORL

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 331-335

  Sargi, Zoukaa ^a   Younis, Ramzi T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoidectomy; Quality of life; Tonsillectomy; Tonsils

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; CAUTERIZATION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCALPEL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; ULTRASOUND;

ADENOIDECTOMY; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 36448958784     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000108363     Document Type: Review

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