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Understanding Chronic Post Surgical Pain - The Canadian Pain ...

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Acute postoperative pain<strong>Pain</strong> intensityEvidence:- breast cancer surgery (Tasmuth 1995, Poleshuck 2005: 3 months)- knee replacement/laparoscopy (e.g. Rosseland 2008)- thoracotomy (Katz, 1996; Gottshalk 2008) VAS @ 6hrs predicted CPSP- other surgeries (Peters 2007: 6 months)Is it causal? (Katz, 2009)Is it a linear pathway?

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