The effect of acupuncture on pain and swelling after day case molar teeth extraction under general anaesthesia

Ambulatory Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-49

  Coe, Trevor Roy ^a  

^a TORBAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Anaesthesia; Dental; Oral; Pain; Post operative; Surgery; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ANESTHETIC AGENT; DICLOFENAC; PROPOFOL;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 0032890480     PISSN: 09666532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6532(98)00049-3     Document Type: Article

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