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Tonsillectomy

2023
Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia (TDH) is a rare, life-threatening condition resulting from diaphragmatic disruption due to blunt or penetrating trauma. Emergency thoracotomy and hernia repair become imperative to address immediate complications. Anesthetic management demands a comprehensive understanding of the patient's physiology, trauma specifics ...
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Electrosurgery for Tonsillectomy

The Laryngoscope, 2002
To describe the electrophysical principles, techniques, and morbidity associated with electrosurgical tonsillectomy.Review.In electrosurgery, radiofrequency energy is applied directly to tissues to generate heat. Electrosurgery devices are radiofrequency generators coupled with application handpieces.
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TONSILLECTOMY AND POLIOMYELITIS

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1947
AT THE MAY 1946 meeting of the American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc. I presented a brief review of the literature regarding the relationship of tonsillectomy and poliomyelitis. The purpose of that survey was to determine the soundness of discontinuing the performance of tonsillectomies during the months of poliomyelitis ...
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Consent for tonsillectomy

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences, 2004
Rulings in recent negligence cases reveal a shift towards what the 'reasonable patient' would expect in deciding the risks doctors must disclose to patients. This survey aimed to investigate whether the 'reasonable patient' and 'responsible body of medical opinion' agree about which risks should be discussed regarding tonsillectomy.
D. Mistry, G. Kelly
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Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy

Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 1978
Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy is the definitive treatment for chronic tonsillitis and adenoid hypertrophy. It is most important to determine if the patient has chronic tonsillitis--a diagnosis that can only be made between acute attacks when the patient is clinically well.
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Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy

Pediatrics in Review, 2005
1. Joseph Gigante, MD* 1. *Division of General Pediatrics, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, Nashville, Tenn After completing this article, readers should be able to: 1. Describe the indications for a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. 2. Know the complications of a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. 3.
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COMPLICATIONS OF TONSILLECTOMY [PDF]

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1954
ADENOTONSILLECTOMY is a major surgical procedure accompanied with k a varied percentage of mortality, morbidity, and complications. Too great hazards of tonsillectomy lessen its advisability, and there is need for positive "indications for surgery." NEED FOR TONSILLECTOMY The advisability and need for tonsillectomy deserve serious consideration ...
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The Fundamentals of Tonsillectomy

Postgraduate Medicine, 1960
Tonsillectomies account for 25 per cent of all surgery done in the average general hospital, but there is no uniform technic for the operation. The author advocates a method of dissection and hemostasis which involves five essential elements: (1) endotracheal anesthesia, (2) perfect illumination, (3) an unimpaired view of the operating field, (4 ...
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Tonsillectomy and Poliomyelitis

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1963
ABSTRACT To the Editor: —The lead editorial of the Sept 1 issue of The Journal (181:784) referred to an article on tonsillectomy and poliomyelitis by Dr. Ravenholt of Seattle which was published in the May, 1962, issue of the American Journal of Diseases of Children. In this study, Dr.
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