Standardized assessment of breast cancer surgical scars integrating the Vancouver Scar Scale, short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire, and patients' perspectives

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1291-1299

  Truong, Pauline T ^a,b   Abnousi, Freddy ^a   Yong, Celina M ^a   Hayashi, Allen ^a   Runkel, James A ^a   Phillips, Theressa ^a   Olivotto, Ivo A ^a  

^a Vancouver Island Centre ^*

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SCAR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SHORT-FORM MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; VANCOUVER SCAR SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CICATRIX; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 26844491251     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000181520.87883.94     Document Type: Article

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