Electrocautery adenoidectomy outcomes: A meta-analysis

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-153

  Reed, Jeremy ^a   Sridhara, Shankar ^a   Brietzke, Scott E ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCAUTERY ADENOIDECTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; PEDIATRICS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROAT SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; CHILD; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59249090981     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2008.11.030     Document Type: Review

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