The Relationship Between Sensory Loss and Persistent Pain 1 Year After Breast Cancer Surgery

Journal of Pain

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1129-1138

  Andersen, Kenneth Geving ^a   Duriaud, Helle Molter ^a   Kehlet, Henrik ^a   Aasvang, Eske Kvanner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

axillary dissection; Breast cancer; intercostobrachial nerve; neuropathy; persistent postoperative pain; quantitative sensory testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; HYPESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN SEVERITY; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TRIGGER POINT; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER PAIN; COMPLICATION; HEAT; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOUCH;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER PAIN; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RISK FACTORS; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 85020204152     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2017.05.002     Document Type: Article

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