Paediatric tonsillectomy: radiofrequency-based plasma dissection compared to cold dissection with sutures;Tonsillectomia pediatrica: comparazione tra tecnica a radiofrequenze al plasma e dissezione a lama fredda con suture

Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 67-72

  Di Rienzo Businco, L ^a   Tirelli, G Coen ^a  

^a S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coblation; Cold dissection; Radiofrequency; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SUTURING METHOD; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 49649089798     PISSN: 0392100X     EISSN: 1827675X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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