Chronic pain secondary to childbirth: Does it exist?

Anesthesiology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-18

  Flood, Pamela ^a   Wong, Cynthia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LABOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTPARTUM PAIN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ANIMALS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PAIN; PARTURITION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES;

EID: 84871584389     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318278cbfd     Document Type: Review

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