Comparison of postoperative pain and satisfaction after dacryocystorhinostomy in patients operated on under local and general anesthesia

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Knežević, Miroslav M ^a,b   Vlajković, Gordana P ^a,b   Stojković, Milenko Ž ^a,b   Rašić, Dejan M ^a,b   Stanković, Branislav R ^a,b   Božić, Marija M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Dacryocystorhinostomy; Pain; PONV

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; TETRACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84860690030     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.882730     Document Type: Article

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