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Chronic postsurgical pain in children and young adults with cancer and choice of regional anesthesia for amputation and limb-sparing surgery.
Abstract
Patients undergoing limb amputation (LA) or limb-sparing (LS) for lower extremity oncologic diagnoses are at similar risk for chronic postsurgical pain of neuropathic nature (CPSP/NP). Regional anesthesia (RA) techniques are pre-emptive measures to prevent the occurrence of the CPS/NP. However, recommendations for epidural (EP) versus peripheral nerve blocks (PNBs) lack in pediatric literature.