Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Apr 2020
Trajectories of pain in patients undergoing lung cancer surgery: a longitudinal prospective study.
Lung cancer surgery is among the surgical procedures associated with the highest prevalence of pain, but prospective longitudinal studies after the pain trajectory are scarce. ⋯ Pain was highly prevalent after surgery, and subgroups could be identified based on different pain trajectories. Patients reported both postoperative pain and pain from chronic conditions. Knowledge about vulnerable patients and risk factors for pain is important to tailor interventions and information about pain.