Needle aspiration versus incision and drainage for the treatment of peritonsillar abscess

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Chang, Brent A ^a   Thamboo, Andrew ^a   Diamond, Chris ^a   Nunez, Desmond A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EVENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HUMAN; INCISION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL RISK; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 85007001800     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006287.pub3     Document Type: Article

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