EFFECT OF DEXAMETHASONE FOR REDUCING POST-TONSILLECTOMY MORBIDITY
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Tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy: Indications, Complications, Post-tonsillectomy Bleeding, Morbidity and Mortality
Palatine and nasopharyngeal tonsils are lymphatic flesh clusters of tissue of the respiratory and digestive tract’s epithelium (1). Classification by site includes palatine, lingual and pharyngeal tonsils. They have important role in the body’s immune system, once they are near the entrance to the breathing passages where incoming antigens may be aspirated or ingested (2). 1. The palatine tonsi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2278-4748,2278-4802
DOI: 10.14260/jemds/1394