Factors Associated With the Development of Chronic Post-Sternotomy Pain: a Case-Control Study

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to investigate the factors associated with chronic post-sternotomy pain in heart surgery patients. METHODS: Between January 2013 and February 2014, we evaluated 453 patients with >6 months post-sternotomy for cardiac surgery at a surgical o...

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Main Authors: Mário Augusto Cray da Costa, Conrado Auer Trentini, Marcelo Derbli Schafranski, Oswaldo Pipino, Ricardo Zanetti Gomes, Elise Souza dos Santos Reis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2015-10-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382015000500552&lng=en&tlng=en