Tonsillectomy techniques and pain: A review of randomized controlled trials and call for standardization

ORL

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 364-370

  Ashbach, Matthew N ^a   Ostrower, Samuel T ^a   Parikh, Sanjay R ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT MONTEFIORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Postoperative pain; Tonsillectomy techniques; Tonsillectomy, randomized controlled trials; Tonsillotomy

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TONSILLECTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 36448989036     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000108369     Document Type: Review

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