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Review
. 2022 May;22(5):190-196.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2021.11.008. Epub 2022 Feb 24.

Chronic post-surgical pain - update on incidence, risk factors and preventive treatment options

D C Rosenberger  1 , E M Pogatzki-Zahn  1
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Review

Chronic post-surgical pain - update on incidence, risk factors and preventive treatment options

D C Rosenberger et al. BJA Educ. 2022 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: CPSP, chronic post-surgical pain; DN4, Douleur Neuropathique 4 questionnaire; GAD-7, General Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire; ICD-11, International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Revision; NP, neuropathic pain; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire; QST, Quantitative Sensory Testing; ROC-AUC, area under the receiver operating characteristic; SF-12, Short Form Health Survey-12; chronic post-surgical pain; perioperative pain; risk factors.

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Conflict of interest statement

DCR has no conflicts of interest. EPZ has received financial support to her institution from Mundipharma and Grunenthal for research activities and advisory and lecture fees from Grünenthal, Mundipharma and Novartis.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1
Risk factors for CPSP. Proposed risk factors for development of CPSP and grade of consistency of evidence. Figure adapted from data of Glare and colleagues, Lavand'homme and Steyaert and Lavand'homme. Dark colours relate to consistent evidence from studies, light colours refer to mixed or low evidence (see colour legend). Text in blue refers to risk factors included in risk scores (Table 2). CPSP, chronic post-surgical pain.
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