Chronic postherniorrhaphy pain - A call for uniform assessment

Hernia

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 178-181

  Kehlet, Henrik ^a   Bay Nielsen, M ^a   Kingsnorth, A ^b  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia; Pain; Postoperative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HERNIA; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 0036908168     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-002-0082-0     Document Type: Article

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