Open AccessSafety of Adult Tonsillectomy
Author(s) -
Michelle Chen,
Sanziana A. Roman,
Julie Ann Sosa,
Benjamin L. Judson
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
jama otolaryngology–head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.571
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 2168-619X
pISSN - 2168-6181
DOI - 10.1001/jamaoto.2013.6215
Subject(s) - tonsillectomy , medicine , anesthesia
Tonsillectomy is one of the most commonly performed otolaryngology procedures. The safety of this procedure in adults is based on small case series. To our knowledge, we report the first population-level analysis of the safety of adult tonsillectomies in the United States.
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