Natural course of long-term postherniorrhaphy pain in a population-based cohort

Scandinavian Journal of Pain

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-59

  Sandblom, Gabriel ^a   Kalliomäki, Maija Liisa ^b   Gunnarsson, Ulf ^a   Gordh, Torsten ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Halving time; Hernia; Long term pain; Natural course; Population based

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWEDEN;

EID: 72049104787     PISSN: 18778860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjpain.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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