Pain and other adverse symptoms identified by follow-up telephone call after ambulatory inguinal hernia repair

Ambulatory Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-14

  Sawhney, Mona ^a   Paul, James ^b   Alvarado, Kim ^c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c HENDERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgery; Inguinal hernia; Nursing; Pain

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SORE THROAT; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 80052449801     PISSN: 09666532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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