Harmonic scalpel versus bipolar tonsillectomy: A double-blind clinical trial

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 269, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1533-1536

  Kemal, Ozgur ^a  

^a Carsamba Government Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bipolar diathermy; Harmonic scalpel; Postoperative bleeding; Postoperative pain; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR TONSILLECTOMY; BLEEDING; CHILD; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; FEMALE; HARMONIC SCALPEL TONSILLECTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 84862851834     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-011-1872-8     Document Type: Article

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