Chronic pain after open inguinal hernia repair: A longitudinal self-assessment study

Hernia

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-252

  Smeds, S ^a,b   Kald, A ^a   Lofstrom L ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Medicinskt Centrum   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia; Open herniorraphy; Postoperative pain; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77954690580     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-009-0615-x     Document Type: Article

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