Tonsilar haemorrhage and re-admission: A questionnaire based study

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 268, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1803-1807

  Sarny, Stephanie ^a   Habermann, Walter ^a   Ossimitz, Guenther ^b   Schmid, Christoph ^a   Stammberger, Heinz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Haemorrhage; Re admission; Tonsillectomy; Tonsillotomy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; THROAT SURGERY; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLOTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83655192977     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-011-1541-y     Document Type: Article

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