Microdebrider tonsillectomy associated with more intraoperative blood loss than electrocautery

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1437-1441

  Stansifer, Kyle J ^a   Szramowski, Molly G ^b   Barazsu, Lindsay ^c   Buchinsky, Farrel J ^a,b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoidectomy; Electrocautery; Microdebrider; Partial intracapsular tonsillectomy; Pediatrics; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; SEVOFLURANE;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY WEIGHT; CAUTERIZATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CURETTAGE; DEBRIDEMENT; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866461709     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2012.06.018     Document Type: Article

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