Prediction and assessment of the severity of post-operative pain and of satisfaction with management
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Pain
- Vol. 75 (2) , 177-185
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0304-3959(97)00218-2
Abstract
A prospective observational study of cohorts of patients undergoing hip replacement (30), knee replacement (31), and spinal nerve root decompressive surgery (30) were interviewed pre-operatively to identify factors which might correlate with and potentially predict severe post-operative painKeywords
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