Thyroidectomy: Exactly how painful is it?

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-283

  Kalmovich, Limor Muallem ^a   Cote, Valerie ^a   Sands, Noah ^a   Black, Martin ^a   Payne, Richard ^a   Hier, Michael ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Postoperative analgesia; Postoperative pain; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG USE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STERNOTHYROID MUSCLE; SURGICAL APPROACH; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 77953488435     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2009.090167     Document Type: Article

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