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Pain relief following tonsillectomy (Does sewing the faucial pillars to gether help?)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

J. S. Weighill*
Affiliation:
Manchester
D. W. Proops
Affiliation:
Birmingham
D. Jeffries
Affiliation:
Walsall
J. Brandrick
Affiliation:
Stoke on Trent
*
Senior Registrar in Otolaryngology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester, 13

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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1986

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