Preemptive analgesia by peritonsillar ketamine versus ropivacaine for post-tonsillectomy pain in children

Background: Postoperative pain relief is a desired goal after tonsillectomy. Respiratory depression from opioid, bleeding from nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, and airway edema all these factors make pain control is judges. Peritonsillar infiltration of a local anesthetic has been used for reduc...

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Main Authors: Manal S. Farmawy, Manal M. Rashad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2014-01-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110184913000482