Preoperative quantitative sensory testing (QST) predicting postoperative pain: Image or mirage?

Mads U Werner¹, Elisabeth Kjær Jensen¹, Audun Stubhaug^{2

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¹ Multidisciplinary Pain Center, Neuroscience Center, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
² Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
³ Department of Pain Management and Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.

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Mads U Werner et al. Scand J Pain. 2017 Apr.

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. 2017 Apr:15:91-92.

doi: 10.1016/j.sjpain.2017.01.012. Epub 2017 Feb 24.

Mads U Werner¹, Elisabeth Kjær Jensen¹, Audun Stubhaug^{2

3}

¹ Multidisciplinary Pain Center, Neuroscience Center, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
² Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
³ Department of Pain Management and Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.

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Are preoperative experimental pain assessments correlated with clinical pain outcomes after surgery? A systematic review.
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