Changes in incidence and indications of tonsillectomy and adenotonsillectomy, 1970-2005

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 894-901

  Erickson, Britt K ^b   Larson, Dirk R ^a   St Sauver, Jennifer L ^a   Meverden, Ryan A ^a   Orvidas, Laura J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MINNESOTA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 65649152993     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.01.044     Document Type: Article

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