Electromyography in evaluation of pain after different types of tonsillectomy: Prospective randomized study

ORL

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 256-264

  Vaiman, Michael ^a,b   Gavrieli, Haim ^a   Krakovski, Daniel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Postoperative pain; Surface electromyography; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWALLOWING; TONSILLECTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 34250647802     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000101569     Document Type: Article

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