The influence of the menstrual cycle on acute and persistent pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Background and objectives: Fluctuations of female sex hormones during menstrual cycle influence pain perception. Endogenous pain inhibition is impaired in follicular phase of menstrual cycle. We tested the primary hypothesis that the women having surgery during their follicular phase have more acute...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-05-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001417301331 |