Attendance at a pain clinic with severe chronic pain after open and laparoscopic inguinal hernia repairs

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1152-1154

  Hindmarsh, A C ^a   Cheong, E ^a   Lewis, M P N ^a   Rhodes, M ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN CLINICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0141629374     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4213     Document Type: Article

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