Taste disturbance following tonsillectomy-A prospective study

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2119-2124

  Heiser, Clemens ^a   Landis, Basile N ^b   Giger, Roland ^c   Cao Van, Helene ^b   Guinand, Nils ^b   Hörmann, Karl ^a   Stuck, Boris A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c Hopital de Sion   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dysgeusia; Gestation; Hemorrhage; Pain; Taste; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSGEUSIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASTE DISORDER; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TASTE DISORDERS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 78649899831     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20971     Document Type: Article

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