Effects of levobupivacaine versus bupivacaine infiltration on postoperative analgesia in pediatric tonsillectomy patients: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 489-493

  Özmen, Süay ^a   Özmen, Ömer Afşin ^b   Kasapoǧlu, Fikret ^b  

^a Dortcelik Children Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Infiltration; Levobupivacaine; Pain; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEVER; HALITOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGRATH FACE SCALE; OTALGIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSILLAR HYPERTROPHY; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TRISMUS;

EID: 79960187416     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348941112000712     Document Type: Article

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