British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 6 , Pages 459-463 , September 2011

Reducing postoperative pain by changing the process

  • F.I.J. Crawford

      Affiliations

    • School of Dentistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University Dental Hospital of Manchester, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester, M15 6FH, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • D. Armstrong

      Affiliations

    • Division of Surgery, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • C. Boardman

      Affiliations

    • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University Dental Hospital of Manchester, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester, M15 6FH, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • P. Coulthard

      Affiliations

    • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University Dental Hospital of Manchester, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester, M15 6FH, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 (0)161 2756677; fax: +44 (0)161 2756636.

,Accepted 23 July 2010.

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PII: S0266-4356(10)00233-0

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2010.07.012

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 6 , Pages 459-463 , September 2011

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