Outcomes of Surgical Treatment for Chronic Postoperative Breast and Abdominal Pain Attributed to the Intercostal Nerve

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 304-310

  Ducic, Ivica ^a   Larson, Ethan E ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; MASTALGIA; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL RECORD; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BREAST; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747355718     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.05.018     Document Type: Article

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