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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Chronic Pain Following Fracture-Related Surgery: Posttraumatic Rather Than Postsurgical Origin Promotes Chronification-A Prospective Observational Study With 1-Year Follow-up.

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2021 Dec 10


Anesth Analg


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34889805?dopt=Abstract

Chronic Pain Following Fracture-Related Surgery: Posttraumatic Rather Than Postsurgical Origin Promotes Chronification-A Prospective Observational Study With 1-Year Follow-up.

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Chronic Pain Following Fracture-Related Surgery: Posttraumatic Rather Than Postsurgical Origin Promotes Chronification-A Prospective Observational Study With 1-Year Follow-up.
Aulenkamp JL, Malewicz NM, Brauckhoff JD, Zahn PK, Ebel M, Schnitzler R, Clever J, Geßmann J, Bauer M, Meyer-Frießem CH
Anesth Analg. 2021 Dec 10.
PMID: 34889805.

Abstract

Chronic posttraumatic/postsurgical pain (CPSP) is common after traumatic or surgical damage. Exposure to both trauma and surgery, with the potential for repeated bone and nerve damage, may increase the risk of CPSP after fracture-related surgery. But the (long-term) incidences of CPSP and neuropathic CPSP and the ensuing burdens are unknown. Therefore, the patients were prospectively assessed within 1 year, and the patient-specific characteristics were explored.
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