Tonsillectomy return-to-theatre rates demonstrate a monthly and seasonal variation: An analysis of 256 799 patients

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1088-1093

  Chadha, N K ^a  

^a TORBAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hemorrhage; Humans; Postoperative Complications; Retrospective Studies; Seasons; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TONSILLECTOMY; ADULT; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REOPERATION; SEASON; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REOPERATION; SEASONS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 39749107125     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215107005622     Document Type: Article

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