Preoperative pain is the strongest predictor of postoperative pain and diminished quality of life after ventral hernia repair

American Surgeon

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 829-836

  Tsirline, Victor B ^a   Colavita, Paul D ^a   Belyansky, Igor ^a   Zemlyak, Alla Y ^a   Lincourt, Amy E ^a   Todd Heniford, B ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HERNIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84882304958     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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