Nerve management and chronic pain after open inguinal hernia repair: A prospective two phase study

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 163-168

  Reinpold, Wolfgang Matthias Johann ^a,b   Nehls, Jennifer ^a   Eggert, Albrecht ^a  

^a Krankenhaus Reinbek St Adolf Stift   (Germany)

^b Wilhelmsburger Krankenhaus Gross Sand   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMORAL NERVE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; NEUROLYSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; PAIN; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959498855     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31821d4a2d     Document Type: Article

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