Return to theatre in secondary post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage: A comparison of coblation and dissection techniques

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 269, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 667-671

  Amir, Ida ^a   Belloso, Antonio ^a   Broomfield, Stephen J ^a   Morar, Pradeep ^a  

^a ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemorrhage; Postoperative complications; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; COBLATION TONSILLECTOMY; DISSECTION; DISSECTION TONSILLECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEARNING CURVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETURN TO THEATER; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISSECTION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TONSILLECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857059131     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-011-1678-8     Document Type: Review

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