Chronic pain after femoral hernia repair: A cross-sectional study

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 254, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1017-1021

  Dahlstrand, Ursula ^a,c   Sandblom, Gabriel ^b,c   Nordin, Pär ^d,e   Wollert, Staffan ^a   Gunnarsson, Ulf ^b,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e ÖSTERSUND HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLIMBING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FEMORAL HERNIA; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL REGION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, FEMORAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855208927     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31822ba9b6     Document Type: Article

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