Hemorrhage after tonsillectomy: Does the surgical technique really matter?

ORL

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 123-132

  Gysin, Claudine ^a   Dulguerov, Pavel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Surgery; Technique; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

CAUTERIZATION; COBLATION; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LASER; MEDICAL AUDIT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REOPERATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCALPEL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSILLECTOMY; VESSEL SEALING SYSTEM;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; PALATINE TONSIL; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RISK FACTORS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84883170858     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: 14230275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000342314     Document Type: Review

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