Postmastectomy pain: A cross-sectional study of prevalence, pain characteristics, and effects on quality of life

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 66-71

  Beyaz, Serbülent Gökhan ^a   Ergönenç, Jalan Şerbetçigil ^a   Ergönenç, Tolga ^a   Sönmez, Özlem Uysal ^b   Erkorkmaz, Ünal ^a   Altintoprak, Fatih ^a  

^a SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Mastectomy; Neuropathic pain; Postmastectomy pain; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOULEUR NEUROPATHIQUE 4; EMOTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN SEVERITY; POSTMASTECTOMY PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT FORM 36; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84951745843     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0366-6999.172589     Document Type: Article

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