Effect on postoperative pain after local application of Bupivacaine in the Tonsillar Fossa; a prospective single blind controlled trial

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 422-426

  Kadar, A A ^a   Obaid, M A ^a  

^a JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABBOCAINE; BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SLEEP; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142026076     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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