Analysis of post-surgical pain after inguinal hernia repair: A prospective study of 1,440 operations

Hernia

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 517-525

  Massaron, Simonetta ^a   Bona, S ^a   Fumagalli, U ^a   Battafarano, F ^a   Elmore, U ^a   Rosati, R ^a,b  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hernia repair; Neuropathic pain; Nociceptive pain; Post surgical pain; Short form McGill Pain Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36549015258     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-007-0267-7     Document Type: Article

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