Persistent pain after groin hernia surgery: A qualitative analysis of pain and its consequences for quality of life

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 236-246

  Kalliomaki M L ^a,b,g   Sandblom, G ^c,d   Gunnarsson, U ^e   Gordh, T ^a,c,f  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f Uppsala Berzelii Centre   (Sweden)

^g NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; GABAPENTIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIORRHAPHY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58549117537     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2008.01840.x     Document Type: Article

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