Chronic postsurgical pain: Still a neglected topic?

Journal of Pain Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 473-489

  Kissin, Igor ^a   Gelman, Simon ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Neuropathic pain; Persistent pain; Postoperative pain

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; CHRONIC PAIN; HEART SURGERY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL RISK; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 84874986427     PISSN: 11787090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S35145     Document Type: Article

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