Professor Narinder Rawal, MD, PhD, FRCA (Hon) - AKUTNE.CZ

Professor Narinder Rawal, MD, PhD, FRCA (Hon) - AKUTNE.CZ Professor Narinder Rawal, MD, PhD, FRCA (Hon) - AKUTNE.CZ

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Different pain syndromes after samesurgery*• Lower limb amputation- phantom pain- stump pain- back pain• Breast surgery- phantom pain- neuropathic pain (damage tointercostobrachial nerve)- scar pain* Patients may complain of a range of unpleasant symptoms after surgery such asnumbness, tingling, swelling pain

It´s not only nerve damage"Damage to nerves during surgery is obviously animportant cause of chronic pain after surgery ----- but thisis a complex issue.Merely avoiding the sectioning of major nerve trunks is notsufficient to prevent CPSP and sectioning nerves clearlydoes not always result in chronic pain.It is not possible to perform operations without injuringelements of the nervous system at some level"Macrae W ABr J Anaesth 2008;1001:77-8686

It´s not only nerve damage"Damage to nerves during surgery is obviously animportant cause of chronic pain after surgery ----- but thisis a complex issue.Merely avoiding the sectioning of major nerve trunks is notsufficient to prevent CPSP and sectioning nerves clearlydoes not always result in chronic pain.It is not possible to perform operations without injuringelements of the nervous system at some level"Macrae W ABr J Anaesth 2008;1001:77-8686

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