The effectiveness of gabapentin on post-tonsillectomy pain control

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 266, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1605-1609

  Jeon, Eun Ju ^a   Park, Yong Soo ^a   Park, Soo Seog ^a   Lee, Seung Kyun ^a   Kim, Dong Hyun ^a  

^a Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Postoperative pain; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; TRAMADOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWALLOWING; TONSILLECTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINES; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FENTANYL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREMEDICATION; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69549096362     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-008-0897-0     Document Type: Article

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