A systematic review of therapeutic interventions to reduce acute and chronic post-surgical pain after amputation, thoracotomy or mastectomy*

Perioperative neuropathic pain is under‐recognized and often undertreated. Chronic pain may develop after any routine surgery, but it can have a far greater incidence after amputation, thoracotomy or mastectomy. The peak noxious barrage due to the neural trauma associated with these operations may be reduced in the perioperative period with the potential to reduce the risk of chronic pain.

• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  European Journal of Pain

• Publication date

  2014-08-04

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1002/ejp.567PMID 25088289PMCID 4405062
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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