A prospective study of risk factors for pain persisting 4 months after hysterectomy

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 263-268

  Brandsborg, Birgitte ^a   Dueholm, Margit ^b   Nikolajsen, Lone ^a,c   Kehlet, Henrik ^d   Jensen, Troels S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic postoperative pain; Hysterectomy; Postoperative pain; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENORRHAGIA; METRORRHAGIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 67649531981     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31819655ca     Document Type: Article

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