Use of floseal and effects on wound healing and pain in adults undergoing tonsillectomy: Randomised comparison versus electrocautery

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 269, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2247-2254

  Mozet, Christian ^a   Prettin, Christiane ^a   Dietze, Maria ^a   Fickweiler, Ulrich ^a   Dietz, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Floseal; Morbidity; Pain; Pain medication use; Tonsillectomy; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DICLOFENAC; DIPYRONE; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; PARACETAMOL; PIRITRAMIDE; TILIDINE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ELECTROCOAGULATION; GELATIN SPONGE, ABSORBABLE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; TONSILLECTOMY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84867256740     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-011-1904-4     Document Type: Article

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