Rate of post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage after elective bipolar microcauterization of nonbleeding vessels

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 269, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1269-1275

  Ulualp, Seckin O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar cautery; Hemorrhage; Microscope; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ACETAMINOPHEN PLUS HYDROCODONE; CODEINE; CODEINE PLUS ACETAMINOPHEN; HYDROCODONE; PARACETAMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIPOLAR TONSILLECTOMY; BLOOD CLOT; CAUTERIZATION; CHILD; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84862845785     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-011-1774-9     Document Type: Review

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