Pain and quality of life following radical retropubic prostatectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1761-1764

  Haythornthwaite, Jennifer A ^a,b,c   Raja, Srinivasa N ^a,b,c   Fisher, Betty ^a,b,c   Frank, Steven M ^a,b,c   Brendler, Charles B ^a,b,c   Shir, Yoram ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Follow up studies; Pain; Prostatectomy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345583684     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)62400-5     Document Type: Article

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