The effect of peritonsillar corticosteroid infiltration in tonsillectomy

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-183

  Egeli, Erol ^a   Akkaya, Serdar ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Morbidity; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; TETRACAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREMEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0030893326     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0385-8146(97)00043-6     Document Type: Article

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