Scandinavian Journal of Pain
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 55-59 , January 2010

Natural course of long-term postherniorrhaphy pain in a population-based cohort

  • Gabriel Sandblom

      Affiliations

    • CLINTEC, Division of Surgery, Karolinska Institute, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 70 415 82 18; fax: +46 46 17 23 35.
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  • Maija-Liisa Kalliomäki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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  • Ulf Gunnarsson

      Affiliations

    • CLINTEC, Division of Surgery, Karolinska Institute, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Torsten Gordh

      Affiliations

    • Multidisciplinary Pain Centre and Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

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PII: S1877-8860(09)00013-5

doi: 10.1016/j.sjpain.2009.09.012

Scandinavian Journal of Pain
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 55-59 , January 2010

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