Electrosurgery as a risk factor for secondary post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-116

  Windfuhr, J P ^a   Wienke, A ^b   Chen, Y S ^c  

^a St Anna Hospital   (Germany)

^b Corporate Counsel Deutsche Gesellschaft für HNO Heilkunde ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrosurgery; Intracapsular tonsillectomy; Lethal outcome; Post tonsillectomy hemorrhage; Primary hemorrhage; Secondary hemorrhage; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ELECTROSURGERY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TRAINING; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 57149127440     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-008-0720-y     Document Type: Article

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