Pain assessment of the intratympanic injections: A prospective comparative study

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 269, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2467-2473

  Belhassen, Sarah ^a   Saliba, Issam ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gentamicin; Hearing loss; Intratympanic injection; Meniere; Methylprednisolone; Pain; Pain scale; Steroids; Sudden

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN PLUS LIDOCAINE; EMLA; GENTAMICIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; OTALGIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; VERTIGO; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRILOCAINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 84871331685     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-011-1897-z     Document Type: Article

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