Prevalence of posttonsillectomy bleeding as daycase surgery with combination method; cold dissection tonsillectomy and bipolar diathermy hemostasis

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-192

  Faramarzi, Abolahassan ^a   Heydari, Seyed Taghi ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bipolar diathermy; Bleeding; Day case surgery; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; DIATHERMY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSILLECTOMY; VEIN LIGATION;

EID: 77953163172     PISSN: 10184406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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