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Chronic pain after breast cancer surgery
July 11 , 2019
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Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting women, and surgery – either to the breast and/or the underarm area – is the main treatment. There are two main types of breast operation: a mastectomy (removal of the whole breast) or a lumpectomy (removal of ...
Chronic pain after surgery
July 10 , 2019
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What is chronic post-surgical pain? How common is it? How is it treated? Professor Julie Bruce & Professor Stephan Schug explain
What is chronic post-surgical pain?
Let’s start with some definitions – acute postoperative pain is the pain experienced immediately after an operation, usually lasting for days ...
Adolescent patients with chronic pain may be more likely to suffer from alexithymia – article
March 21 , 2018
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Investigators find adolescents with chronic pain may be more likely to experience alexithymia, a condition in which one lacks emotional self-awareness.
Article from Clinical Pain Advisor
Airing Pain 99: Transition Services for Adolescents with Chronic Pain
https://audioboom.com/posts/6651644-transition-services-for-adolescents-with-chronic-pain ...