Pain following thoracotomy: Is it neuropathic?

Pain

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-13

  Jensen, Troels Staehelin ^a   Kehlet, Henrik ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORACOTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 78650414339     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.10.028     Document Type: Editorial

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