Management of persistent postsurgical inguinal pain

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 399, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 559-569

  Werner, Mads U ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Inguinal hernia repair; Local anesthetic nerve block; Neuromodulation; Persistent postsurgical pain; Surgical techniques

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; GABAPENTIN; LIDOCAINE; PLACEBO; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; DRUG EFFICACY; HEMATOMA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL PAIN; LAPAROSCOPY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MESHECTOMY; NERVE BLOCK; NEURECTOMY; NEUROMODULATION; ORCHIECTOMY; PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCK; PERSISTENT POSTSURGICAL PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL APPROACH; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND INFECTION; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ANALGESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902654619     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: 14352451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-014-1211-9     Document Type: Review

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