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Pain Trajectory Following Spinal Fusion For Idiopathic Scoliosis, Charmaine Kleiber, L. Dolan, Mary Berg, A. Kleese, M. Suwanraj
Pain Trajectory Following Spinal Fusion For Idiopathic Scoliosis, Charmaine Kleiber, L. Dolan, Mary Berg, A. Kleese, M. Suwanraj
Mary Berg
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Incidence Of Constipation And Abdominal Pain Following Spinal Fusion For Idiopathic Scoliosis, Mary Berg, Charmaine Kleiber
Incidence Of Constipation And Abdominal Pain Following Spinal Fusion For Idiopathic Scoliosis, Mary Berg, Charmaine Kleiber
Mary Berg
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Pain-Sensitive Temperament And Postoperative Pain, Charmaine Kleiber, M. Suwanraj, L. Dolan, Mary Berg, A. Kleese
Pain-Sensitive Temperament And Postoperative Pain, Charmaine Kleiber, M. Suwanraj, L. Dolan, Mary Berg, A. Kleese
Mary Berg
PURPOSE: To describe the relationship between pain-sensitive temperament and self-report of pain intensity following surgery. DESIGN AND METHODS: Fifty-nine adolescents and young adults (average age 14 years) undergoing spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis completed the Sensitivity Temperament Inventory for Pain-Child version (STIP-C). The Pearson correlation between STIP-C scores and the highest pain intensity for each of the first three postoperative days was investigated. RESULTS: There was a small but significant correlation between the Perceptual Sensitivity and Symptom Reporting subscales of the STIP-C and pain intensity measured on the third postoperative day. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Aspects of the pain-sensitive temperament may …