The coblation tonsillectomy learning curve

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-152

  Carney, A Simon ^a   Harris, Penelope K ^a   MacFarlane, Patricia L ^a   Nasser, Simon ^a   Esterman, Adrian ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLEEDING; COBLATION TONSILLECTOMY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TONSILLECTOMY;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 38749093791     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2007.10.031     Document Type: Article

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