Tonsillectomy in children: A five-factor analysis among three techniques-Reporting upon clinical results, anesthesia time, surgery time, bleeding, and cost

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2502-2507

  D'Eredità, Riccardo ^a  

^a Vicenza Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

children; Molecular resonance; tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUTERIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MONOPOLAR CAUTERIZATION; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649666337     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.21128     Document Type: Article

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