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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Post-thoracotomy pain syndrome: seldom severe, often neuropathic, treated unspecific, and insufficient.

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2020 Mar-Apr


Pain Rep


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32440607?dopt=Abstract


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Post-thoracotomy pain syndrome: seldom severe, often neuropathic, treated unspecific, and insufficient.

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Post-thoracotomy pain syndrome: seldom severe, often neuropathic, treated unspecific, and insufficient.
Arends S, Böhmer AB, Poels M, Schieren M, Koryllos A, Wappler F, Joppich R
Pain Rep. 2020 Mar-Apr; 5(2):e810.
PMID: 32440607.

Abstract

Post-thoracotomy pain syndrome (PTPS) is reported with a prevalence ranging between 33% and 91% in literature. However, the difference between open (TT) and video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) concerning the prevalence and neuropathic character of PTPS has not yet been systematically investigated. Furthermore, knowledge on analgesic treatment and its efficacy is limited.
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