Post mastectomy pain syndrome: A hidden facet among patients underwent mastectomy in Sri Lanka.
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Post-mastectomy pain syndrome: the magnitude of the problem.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Breast cancer is the most frequent neoplastic tumor in women, and surgical treatment is indicated in most patients. Complications related to this treatment, such as post-mastectomy pain syndrome (PMPS), a persistent pain that develops after surgery, have been reported. Although the genesis of the pain is multifactorial, sectioning of the intercostobrachial nerve is the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2579-1451,1391-3174
DOI: 10.4038/jccpsl.v24i2.8151