Adult vallecular cyst: Thirteen-year experience

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 321-327

  Berger, Gilead ^a,b   Averbuch, Eran ^a   Zilka, Keren ^a   Berger, Rachel ^a   Ophir, Dov ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ABSCESS; ACUTE EPIGLOTTITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; NECK CYST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SMOKING HABIT; TONGUE DISEASE; VALLECULAR CYST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CYSTS; EPIGLOTTITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39649102138     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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