An assessment of postoperative pain in patients undergoing tonsillectomy

Otorinolaringologia

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 239-243

  Chaturvedi, J ^a   Vamanshankar, H ^a   Chandrashekar, S ^a   Manikantan, K ^a   Nayar, R C ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Pain; Postoperative; Tonsillectomy; Visual Analogue Scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255195620     PISSN: 03926621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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