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2021 Apr 08


Anesthesiology

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Factors Contributing to Lingering Pain after Surgery: The Role of Patient Expectations.

Authors

Willingham MD, Vila MR, Ben Abdallah A, Avidan MS, Haroutounian S
Anesthesiology. 2021 Apr 08.
PMID: 33831145.

Abstract

Pain that lingers beyond the early weeks after the acute postoperative period is an important risk factor for chronic postsurgical pain. This study examined the hypothesis that patients' expectations about their postsurgical pain would be independently associated with lingering postsurgical pain.