Adjuvant local anaesthetics in the epipharyngeal space in day-case adenoidectomy: A prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-55

  Knutsson, Johan ^a   Tibbelin, Anders ^a   Von Unge, Magnus ^a  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adenoidectomy; Local anaesthesia; Non opioid analgesics; Postoperative pain

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEPIVACAINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28844476808     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480510043459     Document Type: Article

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