Local bupivacaine-epinephrine infiltration combined with general anesthesia for adult tonsillectomy

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 972-975

  Ginström, Robert ^a   Silvola, Juha ^b   Saarnivaara, Laila ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b PÄIJÄT HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Local anesthesia; Pain; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CODEINE; KETOPROFEN; PARACETAMOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOVERY ROOM; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 24944501848     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480510043413     Document Type: Article

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