Adenoidectomy technique in the United Kingdom and postoperative hemorrhage

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 314-318

  Lowe, David ^a   Brown, Peter ^b   Yung, Matthew ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Saxon Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^c IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenoidectomy; Complication; Diathermy; Hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIATHERMY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSILLECTOMY; UNITED KINGDOM; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; STATISTICS; SUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIATHERMY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUCTION; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856403011     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811403119     Document Type: Article

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