Chronic pain following inguinal herniorrhaphy: perceptions of children and adolescents.
Louise Amália de MouraPâmela Roberta de OliveiraMarcelo MedeirosLisabelle Mariano RossatoNatalia de Carvalho BorgesLilian Varanda PereiraPublished in: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P (2021)
Children and adolescents recognize postsurgical pain as persistent pain and seem to perceive that their report is underestimated and neglected by parents and teachers. Additionally, they feel responsible for the presence of pain that affects psychological and social dimensions and imposes damage and fear that leads to the return of the hernia and to death.