Chronified Pain Following Operative Procedures | Zendy

Dominik Geil | Zendy; Claudia Thomas | Zendy; Annette Zimmer | Zendy; Winfried Meißner | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

Chronified Pain Following Operative Procedures

Author(s) -

Dominik Geil,

Claudia Thomas,

Annette Zimmer,

Winfried Meißner

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

deutsches ärzteblatt international

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.436

H-Index - 60

ISSN - 1866-0452

DOI - 10.3238/arztebl.2019.0261

Subject(s) - medicine , lidocaine , anesthesia , pain medicine , local anesthetic , perioperative , incidence (geometry) , anesthetic , surgery , anesthesiology , physics , optics

Over 18 million operative procedures are performed each year in Germany alone. Approximately 10% of surgical patients develop moderate to severe chronic post-surgical pain (CPSP), which can severely impair their quality of life. The pain must persist for at least three months to be called chronic; pain that arises after a symptom-free interval is not excluded. The perioperative use of local anesthetic agents may lessen the incidence of CPSP.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research