Alexandros G .Sfakianakis,ENT,Anapafeos 5 Agios Nikolaos Crete 72100 Greece,00302841026182

Δευτέρα 29 Ιανουαρίου 2018

Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Postsurgical Pain: A Narrative Review

Abstract

Chronic postsurgical pain affects between 5 and 75% of patients, often with an adverse impact on quality of life. While the transition of acute to chronic pain is a complex process—involving multiple mechanisms at different levels—the current strategies for prevention have primarily been restricted to perioperative pharmacological interventions. In the present paper, we first present an up-to-date narrative literature review of these interventions. In the second section, we develop several ways by which we could overcome the limitations of the current approaches and enhance the outcome of our surgical patients, including the better identification of individual risk factors, tailoring treatment to individual patients, and improved acute and subacute pain evaluation and management. The third and final section covers the treatment of established CPSP. Given that evidence for the current therapeutic options is limited, we need high-quality trials studying multimodal interventions matched to pain characteristics.



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