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Editorial
. 2024 Sep 1;141(3):425-427.
doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000005096.

Improving Pain Management after Tonsillectomy

Charles B Berde  1 , Michael J Cunningham  2
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Editorial

Improving Pain Management after Tonsillectomy

Charles B Berde et al. Anesthesiology. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Berde has received research support for gene discovery research from Latigo Biotherapeutics (Thousand Oaks, California) and stock options for serving on the scientific advisory board of Akelos, Inc. (New York, New York), a biotechnology company developing novel analgesics. Dr. Cunningham is not supported by, nor maintains any financial interest in, any commercial activity that may be associated with the topic of this article.

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