Acute neuropathic pain after surgery: Are we treating them early/late?

Acute Pain

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 145-149

  Yogasakaran, Siva ^a   Menezes, Flavia ^a  

^a BEDFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute neuropathic pain; Early diagnosis; Nerve injury; Pharmacological treatment

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; GABAPENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 27644528900     PISSN: 13660071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acpain.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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