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Role of Bupivacaine in reducing post tonsillectomy pain

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Pain following tonsilleclomy is of major concern to both the surgeons and the Anesthesiologists. Pre-incisional Bupivacaine infiltration into the tonsillar fossa has been used as a method of relieving post-operative pain in children. In this study pre-incisional Bupivacaine infiltration into the tonsillar fossa resulted in immediate post-operative pain lasting four to six hours.

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  1. Maulana Azad Medical College and associated, L.N. Hospital, 110002, New Delhi

    P. Bhadoria, P. K. Rathore, S. Mandal, R. Sehgal, Ravi Meher & Raveen Singh

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Bhadoria, P., Rathore, P.K., Mandal, S. et al. Role of Bupivacaine in reducing post tonsillectomy pain. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 58, 335–336 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03049582

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