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Human Studies


2021 Apr 08


JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

Postoperative Pain Treatment With Continuous Local Anesthetic Wound Infusion in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial.

Authors

Gostian M, Loeser J, Albert C, Wolber P, Schwarz D, Grosheva M, Veith S, Goerg C, Balk M, Gostian A-O
JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 Apr 08.
PMID: 33830180.

Abstract

Up to 80% of patients with head and neck cancer undergoing ablative surgery and neck dissection develop postoperative pain with detrimental effects on quality of life that also contributes to neuropathic and chronic postoperative pain.