McGill Pain Questionnaire: A multi-dimensional verbal scale assessing postoperative changes in pain symptoms associated with severe endometriosis

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 753-760

  Fabbri, Elena ^a   Villa, Gioia ^a   Mabrouk, Mohamed ^a   Guerrini, Manuela ^a   Montanari, Giulia ^a   Paradisi, Roberto ^a   Venturoli, Stefano ^a   Seracchioli, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic pelvic pain; Endometriosis; Laparoscopy; McGill Pain Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; GONADOTROPIN ANTAGONIST; PROGESTERONE;

ADHESION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONSTIPATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSURIA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; OCCUPATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAINFUL DEFECATION; PARITY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RANK SUM TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70049086624     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2008.00994.x     Document Type: Article

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