Argon plasma coagulation versus cold dissection in pediatric tonsillectomy

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 459-463

  Ferri, Emanuele ^a   Armato, Enrico ^a  

^a Hospital of Dolo   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; COLD DISSECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSILLECTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80055054712     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: 1532818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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