Acute Pain
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 7-12 , March 2007

Efficacy of a homeopathic preparation in control of post-operative pain—A pilot clinical trial

  • Shepherd Roee Singer

      Affiliations

    • The Center for Integrative Complementary Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +972 2 6666395; fax: +972 2 6666975.
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  • Michal Amit-Kohn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Samuel Weiss

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Jonathan Rosenblum

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Esther Lukasiewicz

      Affiliations

    • Biostatistics Unit, Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
    • Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
    • ,
  • Menachem Itzchaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Menachem Oberbaum

      Affiliations

    • The Center for Integrative Complementary Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Received 7 June 2006 ,Revised 26 September 2006 ,Accepted 21 November 2006.

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PII: S1366-0071(06)00206-3

doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2006.11.005

Acute Pain
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