Adult tonsillectomy: postoperative pain depends on indications
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Adult tonsillectomy: postoperative pain depends on indications.
INTRODUCTION Intense pain is one of the most important postoperative complaints after tonsillectomy. It is often described by patients as comparable to the pain that accompanies an acute tonsillitis. Although recurrent tonsillitis is the most frequent indication for surgery, many tonsillectomies are performed due to other indications and these patients may be unfamiliar with such pain. OBJECT...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1808-8694
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2015.11.010