Safety of outpatient tonsillectomy in children: A review of 6 years in a tertiary hospital experience

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 383-387

  Granell, Jose ^a,b   Gete, Pilar ^a   Villafruela, Miguel ^a   Bolaños, Caridad ^a   Vicent, Juan Jose Alvarez ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b 4 8A   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; DYSPHAGIA; EDEMA; FEVER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; SAFETY; TONSILLECTOMY; VOMITING;

EID: 4644366573     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2004.03.027     Document Type: Article

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