Complex evaluation of pain after tonsillectomy

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 127, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 957-965

  Vaiman, Michael ^a,b   Gavrieli, H ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Postoperative pain; Surface electromyography; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; HYSTERIA; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ODYNOPHAGIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR MUSCLE; SUBMENTAL MUSCLE; SWALLOWING; TONSILLECTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEGLUTITION; DRINKING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 34548357014     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480601110204     Document Type: Article

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