Postmastectomy Pain
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Postmastectomy Pain: A Cross-sectional Study of Prevalence, Pain Characteristics, and Effects on Quality of Life
BACKGROUND Postmastectomy pain syndrome (PMPS) is defined as a chronic (continuing for 3 or more months) neuropathic pain affecting the axilla, medial arm, breast, and chest wall after breast cancer surgery. The prevalence of PMPS has been reported to range from 20% to 68%. In this study, we aimed to determine the prevalence of PMPS among mastectomy patients, the severity of neuropathic pain in...
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Introduction Chronic pain is a common and debilitating complication following breast surgery. One of the most challenging for treatment is the neuropathic pain condition, postmastectomy pain syndrome (PMPS). Gabapentin is a pharmacotherapy for neuropathic pain disorders; however, its once-daily, gastroretentive formulation, Gralise, has not been evaluated in PMPS. Objective To evaluate the sa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Chinese Medical Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0366-6999
DOI: 10.4103/0366-6999.172589