Defining persistent post-surgical pain: Is an update required?

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-4

  Werner, M U ^a   Kongsgaard, U E ^b  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHRONIC PAIN; DERMATOME; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PERSISTENT POSTSURGICAL PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRED PAIN; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; EDITORIAL; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

CHRONIC PAIN; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84902676253     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeu012     Document Type: Editorial

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