Persistent postsurgical pain after abdominal surgery

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 140-146

  Gupta, Avni ^a   Gandhi, Kishor ^a   Viscusi, Eugene R ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Chronic post surgical pain (CPSP); Chronic postsurgical pain; Persistent postsurgical pain; Wound hyperalgesia

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CLONIDINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; GABAPENTIN; KETAMINE; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PREGABALIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHRONIC PAIN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; NERVE BLOCK; PELVIS SURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 82555167436     PISSN: 1084208X     EISSN: 15584534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.trap.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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