Persistent pain following postmastectomy breast reconstruction: Long-term effects of type and timing of surgery

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 371-376

  Roth, Randy S ^a,d   Lowery, Julie C ^b,c   Davis, Jennifer ^c   Wilkins, Edwin G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; Chronic pain; Implant; TRAM flap

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTALGIA; MASTECTOMY; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BREAST IMPLANTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34147156869     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000239810.38137.84     Document Type: Article

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