Pain after breast surgery: A survey of 282 women

Pain

Volumn 66, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 195-205

  Wallace, Mark S ^a   Wallace, Anne M ^b   Lee, Judy ^a   Dobke, Marek K ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Mastectomy; Pain; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030221147     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(96)03064-3     Document Type: Article

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