Tonsillectomy does not improve bedwetting: Results of a prospective controlled trial

Journal of Urology

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2527-2532

  Kalorin, Carmin M ^a   Mouzakes, Jason ^a   Gavin, John P ^a   Davis, Tanya D ^a   Feustel, Paul ^a   Kogan, Barry A ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoids; Airway obstruction; Hypertrophy; Nocturnal enuresis; Palatine tonsil

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; DEFECATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIURNAL ENURESIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; PARENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSILLAR HYPERTROPHY; TONSILLECTOMY; URINARY TRACT SURGERY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 78349310982     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.08.040     Document Type: Article

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