Reduced incidence of chronic postsurgical pain after epidural analgesia for abdominal surgery

Pain Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Bouman, Esther A ^a   Theunissen, Maurice ^a   Bons, Sabrina A ^a   van Mook, Walther N ^a   Gramke, Hans F ^a   van Kleef, Maarten ^a   Marcus, Marco A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic postsurgical pain; Epidural; Predictor

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; SURGICAL PATIENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CHRONIC POSTSURGICAL PAIN; EPIDURAL; PREDICTOR;

ABDOMEN; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893672632     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/papr.12091     Document Type: Article

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