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British Journal of Anaesthesia, doi:10.1093/bja/aen099
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© The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia 2008. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Chronic post-surgical pain: 10 years on

W. A. Macrae

Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY and The Bute Medical School, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9TS, Scotland

E-mail: w.a.macrae{at}dundee.ac.uk

In the past ten years there has been recognition that chronic post-surgical pain is a significant problem. This is a complex area of research and although the quality of studies has improved many difficulties remain. Several recent publications have examined risk factors. Severe acute postoperative pain emerges as a factor that we may be able to influence. There is a need for education of the medical profession and the general public, so that effective measures are introduced and unnecessary and inappropriate operations minimized.

Keywords: pain, chronic; risk factors, prevention; surgery


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