The analgesic efficacy of lidocaine/prilocaine (EMLA) cream during fine-needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 691-694

  Gursoy, Alptekin ^a   Ertugrul, Derun Taner ^a   Sahin, Mustafa ^a   Tutuncu, Neslihan Bascil ^a   Demirer, Asli Nar ^a   Demirag, Nilgun Guvener ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMLA; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID NODULE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OINTMENTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRILOCAINE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 34247898942     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.02802.x     Document Type: Article

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