The effect of FloSeal on post-tonsillectomy pain: A randomised controlled pilot study

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-284

  Blackmore, K J ^a   O'Hara, J ^a   Flood, L M ^a   Martin, F W ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADOLESCENT; GELATIN SPONGE, ABSORBABLE; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 44849112609     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2008.01673.x     Document Type: Article

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