The effects of levobupivacaine infiltration on post-tonsillectomy pain relief in adults: A single-blinded, randomized, and controlled clinical study

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 270, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 761-766

  Kasapoglu, Fikret ^a   Demir, Uygar Levent ^a   Kaya, Fatma Nur ^a   Cetin, Yaser Sait ^a   Yavascaoglu, Belgin ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adult; Levobupivacaine; Postoperative pain; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

LEVOBUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TONSILLECTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TONSILLECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878376736     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-012-2194-1     Document Type: Article

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