Persistent postoperative pain: Pathogenic mechanisms and preventive strategies

Pain 2012 Refresher Courses: 14th World Congress on Pain

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kehlet, Henrik ^a   Edwards, Robert R ^b   Buvanendran, Asokumar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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