The appropriate use of neurostimulation of the spinal cord and peripheral nervous system for the treatment of chronic pain and ischemic diseases: the …

TR Deer, N Mekhail, D Provenzano, J Pope… - … : Technology at the …, 2014 - Elsevier
Introduction: The Neuromodulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee (NACC) of the
International Neuromodulation Society (INS) evaluated evidence regarding the safety and …

Causes and consequences of inadequate management of acute pain

R Sinatra - Pain medicine, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Context. Intense acute pain afflicts millions of patients each year. Despite the recently
increased focus on the importance of pain control, management of acute pain has remained …

The Toronto General Hospital Transitional Pain Service: development and implementation of a multidisciplinary program to prevent chronic postsurgical pain

J Katz, A Weinrib, SR Fashler, R Katznelzon… - Journal of pain …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP), an often unanticipated result of necessary and even life-
saving procedures, develops in 5–10% of patients one-year after major surgery. Substantial …

Transition from acute to chronic postsurgical pain: risk factors and protective factors

J Katz, Z Seltzer - Expert review of neurotherapeutics, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Most patients who undergo surgery recover uneventfully and resume their normal daily
activities within weeks. Nevertheless, chronic postsurgical pain develops in an alarming …

Phantom limb pain: a case of maladaptive CNS plasticity?

H Flor, L Nikolajsen, T Staehelin Jensen - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2006 - nature.com
Phantom pain refers to pain in a body part that has been amputated or deafferented. It has
often been viewed as a type of mental disorder or has been assumed to stem from …

Chronic pain after surgery

WA Macrae - British journal of anaesthesia, 2001 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Chronic pain after surgery is now a well-recognized phenomenon and there are several
review articles dealing with the subject in general. 1, 2, 3, 4 There is also a wealth of …

Phantom limb pain: mechanisms and treatment approaches

B Subedi, GT Grossberg - Pain research and treatment, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The vast amount of research over the past decades has significantly added to our
knowledge of phantom limb pain. Multiple factors including site of amputation or presence of …

A systematic review of therapeutic interventions to reduce acute and chronic post‐surgical pain after amputation, thoracotomy or mastectomy

SR Humble, AJ Dalton, L Li - European Journal of Pain, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Perioperative neuropathic pain is under‐recognized and often undertreated.
Chronic pain may develop after any routine surgery, but it can have a far greater incidence …

Prophylactic regenerative peripheral nerve interfaces to prevent postamputation pain

CA Kubiak, SWP Kemp, PS Cederna… - Plastic and …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: Postamputation pain affects a large number of individuals living with major limb
loss. Regenerative peripheral nerve interfaces are constructs composed of a transected …

The prevalence and risk factors for phantom limb pain in people with amputations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

K Limakatso, GJ Bedwell, VJ Madden, R Parker - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Phantom limb pain (PLP)—pain felt in the amputated limb–is often
accompanied by significant suffering. Estimates of the burden of PLP have provided …