Day-case tonsillectomy – a public demand?
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The science in day-case tonsillectomy
Guidelines published by the Royal College of Surgeons of England for day-case surgery in 1985 conclude that removal of tonsils and adenoids is unlikely to be satisfactorily performed as a day-case procedure due to the risk of reactionary haemorrhage. Removal of tonsils and adenoids is one of the commonest operations, 80 970 having been performed in 1985 in England and Wales’ with an average inp...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Laryngology & Otology
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0022-2151,1748-5460
DOI: 10.1017/s0022215100124375