The effects of smoking on the rate of postoperative hemorrhage after tonsillectomy and uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 811-814

  Demars, Sean M ^a   Harsha, Wayne J ^a,b   Crawford, James V ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONSILLECTOMY; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSALITY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALATE; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING; TONSILLECTOMY; UVULA;

EID: 49949101611     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.134.8.811     Document Type: Article

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