The efficacy of gabapentin/pregabalin in improving pain after tonsillectomy: A meta-analysis

Laryngoscope

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 357-366

  Hwang, Se Hwan ^a   Park, In Joon ^a   Cho, Young Jin ^a   Jeong, Yeon Min ^a   Kang, Jun Myung ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

analgesics; Gabapentin; meta analysis; pain; pregabalin; systematic review; tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; OPIATE; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; ODYNOPHAGIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TONSILLECTOMY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

AMINES; ANALGESICS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREGABALIN; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84973426175     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.25636     Document Type: Article

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