Somatosensory Outcomes Following Re-Surgery in Persistent Severe Pain After Groin Hernia Repair: A Prospective Observational Study.
Elisabeth Kjær JensenThomas K RingstedJoakim M BischoffMorten A PetersenKirsten MøllerHenrik KehletMads Utke WernerPublished in: Journal of pain research (2023)
In this subset of patients with PSPG who underwent re-surgery, the procedure was associated with improved pain and functional outcomes. While the increase in somatosensory detection thresholds mirrors the surgery-induced cutaneous deafferentation, the increase in pressure algometry thresholds mirrors the removal of the deep "pain generator". The QST-analyses are useful adjuncts in mechanism-based somatosensory research.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- chronic pain
- coronary artery bypass
- pain management
- neuropathic pain
- surgical site infection
- transcranial direct current stimulation
- drug induced
- spinal cord
- early onset
- oxidative stress
- high glucose
- spinal cord injury
- acute coronary syndrome
- diabetic rats
- coronary artery disease
- endothelial cells
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- atrial fibrillation