The use of a topical skin cooling device to achieve relief of injection-induced pain

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Seo, Dong Wan ^a   Hong, Joon Pio ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; EMLA;

ANALGESIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PAIN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN COOLING DEVICE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CRYOTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67651222141     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31819c18e7     Document Type: Letter

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