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 Kehlet Mads Utke Werner

Published 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
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drug induced
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quantum dots
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