Is partial tonsillectomy equivalent to total tonsillectomy for obstructive symptoms?

Laryngoscope

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-7

  Stewart, Michael G ^a   Liotta, Dara R ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; APNEA; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT INFECTION; SNORING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING;

CHILD; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PALATINE TONSIL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 78651111366     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.21340     Document Type: Note

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