Predictors of one year chronic post-surgical pain trajectories following thoracic surgery.

Christopher W LiuM Gabrielle PageAliza WeinribDorothy WongAlexander HuangKaren McRaeJoseph FiorellinoDiana TamirMichael KahnRita KatznelsonKarim LadhaFaraj AbdallahMarcelo CypelKazuhiro YasufukuVincent ChanMonica ParryJames KhanJoel KatzHance A Clarke

Published in: Journal of anesthesia (2021)

Patients who undergo thoracic surgery can have postoperative pain that follows one of the three different types of trajectories. Higher levels of immediate postoperative pain and preoperative pain catastrophizing were associated with moderately severe CPSP.

Keyphrases

postoperative pain
thoracic surgery
chronic pain
depressive symptoms
pain management
patients undergoing
neuropathic pain
early onset