Thermal welding versus cold knife tonsillectomy: A prospective randomized study

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 270-272

  Yilmaz, Metin ^a   Duzlu, Mehmet ^a   Catli, Tolgahan ^a   Ustun, Selin ^a   Ceylan, Alper ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cold knife; Pain; Pediatrics; Thermal welding; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLD KNIFE TONSILLECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; THERMAL WELDING TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PALATINE TONSIL; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860250216     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.kjms.2011.06.022     Document Type: Article

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