Quality of life after bilateral thoracoscopic splanchnicectomy: Long-term evaluation in patients with chronic pancreatitis

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 845-854

  Howard, Thomas J ^a,b   Swofford, John B ^a   Wagner, Dennis L ^a   Sherman, Stuart ^a   Lehman, Glen A ^a   Frey, C F ^b   Disario, J ^b   Soper, N J ^b   Traverso, L W ^b   Way, L W ^b   Rattner, David W ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Emerson Hall #523 ^*

Author keywords

Chronic abdominal pain; Chronic pancreatitis; Thoracoscopic splanchnicectomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORBIDITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS SURGERY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPLACHNICECTOMY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; THORACOSCOPY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; INTRACTABLE PAIN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PANCREATITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; SYMPATHECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUES; SPLANCHNIC NERVES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19044365925     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(02)00123-3     Document Type: Article

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