Chronic post-sternotomy pain

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 935-939

  Kalso, Eija ^a   Mennander, S ^a   Tasmuth, T ^a   Nilsson, E ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Postoperative pain; Sternotomy; Thymectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHRONIC PAIN; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; THYMECTOMY; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RISK FACTORS; STERNUM; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 0034808832     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2001.450803.x     Document Type: Article

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