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Mouth/Pharynx

Practice, complications and outcome in Swedish tonsil surgery 2009–2018. An observational longitudinal national cohort study

Filip LundströmDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden; ;Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Correspondence[email protected]
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Joacim StalforsInstitute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden; ;Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Ajman, United Arab Emirates;
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Eirik ØstvollInstitute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden;
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Ola SunnergrenDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Region Jönköping County, Jönköping, Sweden; ;Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
Pages 589-596 | Received 31 Jan 2020, Accepted 14 Mar 2020, Published online: 21 May 2020

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