Management of anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome in a cohort of 139 patients

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 254, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1054-1058

  Boelens, O B ^a   Scheltinga, M R ^a   Houterman, S ^a   Roumen, R M ^a  

^a MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANTERIOR CUTANEOUS NERVE ENTRAPMENT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEURECTOMY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGGER POINTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855199028     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31822d78b8     Document Type: Article

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