Electro-acupuncture for pain relief after nasal septoplasty: A randomized controlled study

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-57

  Sahmeddini, Mohammad A ^a   Farbood, Arash ^a   Ghafaripuor, Sina ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; PETHIDINE;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NOSE SEPTUM RECONSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MEPERIDINE; NAUSEA; NOSE; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449096991     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0288     Document Type: Article

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