Post-tonsillectomy bleeding: How much is too much?

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 288-290

  Blakley, Brian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; QUALITY CONTROL; TONSILLECTOMY;

HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 60549109876     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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