Evaluating postoperative pain in monopolar cautery versus harmonic scalpel tonsillectomy

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Cushing, Sharon L ^a   Smith, Oakley ^b   Chiodo, Albino ^b   Elmasri, William ^b   Munro Peck, Pam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO EAST GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODEINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELIXIR; FEMALE; HARMONIC SCALPEL TONSILLECTOMY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOPOLAR CAUTERY TONSILLECTOMY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SCALPEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGEON; SWALLOWING; TONSILLAR HYPERTROPHY; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 70449643157     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.08.023     Document Type: Article

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