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Prevention of chronic pain after surgical nerve injury: amputation and thoracotomy.

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Buchheit, T; Pyati, S
Published in: Surg Clin North Am
April 2012

Although techniques for acute pain management have improved in recent years, a dramatic reduction in the incidence and severity of chronic pain following surgery has not occurred. Amputation and thoracotomy, although technically different, share the commonalities of unavoidable nerve injury and the frequent presence of persistent postsurgical neuropathic pain. The authors review the risk factors for the development of chronic pain following these surgeries and the current evidence that supports analgesic interventions. The inconclusive results from many preemptive analgesic studies may require us to reconceptualize the perioperative treatment period as a time of gradual neurologic remodeling.

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Published In

Surg Clin North Am

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EISSN

1558-3171

Publication Date

April 2012

Volume

92

Issue

2

Start / End Page

393 / x

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Trauma, Nervous System
  • Thoracotomy
  • Surgery
  • Risk Factors
  • Perioperative Care
  • Pain Management
  • Neuralgia
  • Humans
  • Chronic Pain
  • Amputation, Surgical
 

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Buchheit, T., & Pyati, S. (2012). Prevention of chronic pain after surgical nerve injury: amputation and thoracotomy. Surg Clin North Am, 92(2), 393–x. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.suc.2012.01.005
Buchheit, Thomas, and Srinivas Pyati. “Prevention of chronic pain after surgical nerve injury: amputation and thoracotomy.Surg Clin North Am 92, no. 2 (April 2012): 393–x. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.suc.2012.01.005.
Buchheit T, Pyati S. Prevention of chronic pain after surgical nerve injury: amputation and thoracotomy. Surg Clin North Am. 2012 Apr;92(2):393–x.
Buchheit, Thomas, and Srinivas Pyati. “Prevention of chronic pain after surgical nerve injury: amputation and thoracotomy.Surg Clin North Am, vol. 92, no. 2, Apr. 2012, pp. 393–x. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.suc.2012.01.005.
Buchheit T, Pyati S. Prevention of chronic pain after surgical nerve injury: amputation and thoracotomy. Surg Clin North Am. 2012 Apr;92(2):393–x.
Journal cover image

Published In

Surg Clin North Am

DOI

EISSN

1558-3171

Publication Date

April 2012

Volume

92

Issue

2

Start / End Page

393 / x

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Trauma, Nervous System
  • Thoracotomy
  • Surgery
  • Risk Factors
  • Perioperative Care
  • Pain Management
  • Neuralgia
  • Humans
  • Chronic Pain
  • Amputation, Surgical