Perioperative auricular electroacupuncture has no effect on pain and analgesic consumption after third molar tooth extraction

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 542-547

  Michalek Sauberer, Andrea ^a   Heinzl, Harald ^a   Sator Katzenschlager, Sabine M ^a   Monov, Gabriel ^a   Knolle, Erich ^a   Kress, Hans Georg ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEFENAMIC ACID; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALTERNATING CURRENT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AURICLE ACUPUNCTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROANALGESIA; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEFENAMIC ACID; MOLAR, THIRD; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBOS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 33847184897     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000253233.51490.dd     Document Type: Article

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