• Thoracic surgery clinics · Feb 2005

    Review

    Chronic pain and thoracic surgery.

    • Michael A Erdek and Peter S Staats.
    • Division of Pain Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 550 North Broadway, Suite 301, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. merdek@jhmi.edu
    • Thorac Surg Clin. 2005 Feb 1;15(1):123-30.

    AbstractThe development of chronic pain after thoracic surgery is a particularly undesirable yet common complication. As the study of the pathophysiology of chronic pain with regard to the plasticity of the central nervous system advances, new insights are being gained into not only the potential origins of chronic postthoracotomy pain, but also its potential treatment options. Pain that is originally nociceptive in nature in the acute postoperative period after thoracotomy may become neuropathic in time, requiring a different paradigm for its treatment. The ongoing research into the development of chronic pain, including that observed after thoracic surgery, portends the development of further advances in options for its control. The employment of multidisciplinary strategies of pharmacologic, behavioral, and interventional procedural techniques provides the current foundation for the management of this challenging condition.

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