Systematic review of randomized controlled trials comparing intracapsular tonsillectomy with total tonsillectomy in a pediatric population

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 243-249

  Walton, Joanna ^a   Ebner, Yaniv ^b   Stewart, Michael G ^b   April, Max M ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COBLATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACAPSULAR TONSILLECTOMY; LASER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MICRODEBRIDER; PEDIATRICS; PHARYNGITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TOTAL TONSILLECTOMY;

ANALGESICS; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 84858714031     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2012.16     Document Type: Article

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