Open Access<p>No Differences in the Prevalence and Intensity of Chronic Postsurgical Pain Between Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and Abdominal Hysterectomy: A Prospective Study</p>
Author(s) -
Juying Jin,
Su Min,
Lihua Peng,
Xunsong Du,
Dong Zhang,
Li Ren
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of pain research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 1178-7090
DOI - 10.2147/jpr.s225230
Subject(s) - medicine , hysterectomy , analgesic , prospective cohort study , surgery , visual analogue scale , activities of daily living , anesthesia , physical therapy
To compare the prevalence and characteristics of chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) between laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH) and abdominal hysterectomy (AH) groups 3, 6, and 12 months after surgery, and to assess the impact of pain on the activities of daily living (ADL) of patients.