Immediate breast reconstruction does not increase postmastectomy pain

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 113-117

  Henderson, Julia R ^a   Tao, Amy ^a   Kirwan, Cliona C ^a,b   Barr, Lester ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84891748526     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-013-3293-y     Document Type: Article

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