Molecular resonance vs. coblation tonsillectomy in children

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1897-1901

  D'Eredità, Riccardo ^a,b   Bozzola, Loredana ^a  

^a Vicenza Hospital   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Coblation; Molecular resonance tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 70349959967     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20210     Document Type: Article

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