Safety of day-stay tonsillectomy

Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 158-161

  Ahmad, Zahoor ^a   de Silva, Nalaka ^a   Morton, Randall P ^a   Wood, Andrew B A ^b  

^a Counties Manukau Health ^*  (New Zealand)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Day case surgery; Postoperative complications; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957148811     PISSN: 00195421     EISSN: 00195421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12070-010-0032-6     Document Type: Article

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