Hyperalgesia and persistent pain after breast cancer surgery: A prospective randomized controlled trial with perioperative COX-2 inhibition

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Van Helmond, Noud ^a   Steegers, Monique A ^a   Filippini De Moor, Gertie P ^b   Vissers, Kris C ^a   Wilder Smith, Oliver H ^a,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b BERNHOVEN HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; PARECOXIB; PLACEBO; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; ISOXAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATORY PAIN; MASTECTOMY; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARASPINAL MUSCLE; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELECOXIB; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITORS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; ISOXAZOLES; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85005952274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166601     Document Type: Article

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