Analyzing factors associated with major complications after adenotonsillectomy in 4776 patients: Comparing three tonsillectomy techniques

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 886-892

  Gallagher, Thomas Q ^a   Wilcox, Lyndy ^b   McGuire, Erin ^b   Derkay, Craig S ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CAUTERIZATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEBRIDEMENT; DEHYDRATION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 77952286485     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.02.019     Document Type: Article

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