title: Steroids and control of post-tonsillectomy pain.
abstract: A prospective, randomized, double-blind study to assess the effect of steroids on post-tonsillectomy pain was performed on 82 adults. The premedication, anaesthesia, surgical technique and post-operative analgesia were standardized. Pain was assessed on a visual analog scale. Steroids were found to have no appreciable effect on the amount of post-operative pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, South Warwickshire Hospital, Warwick.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Tewary
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Cable
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Barr
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000700:Analgesics; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009020:Morphine; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014068:Tonsillectomy; D017211:Treatment Failure
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D009020:Morphine; D003907:Dexamethasone