The effects of glossopharyngeal nerve block on postoperative pain relief after tonsillectomy: The importance of the extent of obtunded gag reflex as a clinical indicator

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 267-271

  Park, Hee Pyoung ^a   Hwang, Jung Won ^a   Park, Sang Hyun ^a   Jeon, Young Tae ^a   Bahk, Jae Hyon ^b   Oh, Yong Seok ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALFENTANIL; BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGUS FOREIGN BODY; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SORE THROAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TONSILLECTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING REFLEX; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; GAGGING; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 34250802630     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000266440.62424.f1     Document Type: Article

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