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The tonsil cup: a simple teaching aid for tonsillectomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

C. R. Pearson*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Southampton University Hospitals N.H.S. Trust, Tremona Road, Southampton, UK
H. C. Wallace
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Southampton University Hospitals N.H.S. Trust, Tremona Road, Southampton, UK
*
Address for correspondence: Mr C. R. Pearson, Dean House, Court Road, Lee on the Solent, PO13 9JN

Abstract

A simple and inexpensive simulator to assist in the teaching of tonsillectomy is presented.

Type
Short Communication
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1997

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