Chronic postsurgical pain: A European survey
Authors' conclusion
Unfortunately, our findings do not offer a new CPSP predictive score.
Study context
- Population
- Patients undergoing breast cancer surgery, sternotomy, endometriosis surgery or total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in 18 European hospitals2,494 followed up 6 months
- Participants
- 3,297 patients
- Exposure
- Sternotomy vs Breast surgery vs TKA vs Endometriosis
- Outcome
- Scoring system to predict CPSP
- Follow-up
- 6 months after surgery
Methodological detailsmulticentre, international survey, Standardised questionnaires at 1, 3 and 7 days and 1, 3 and 6 months after surgery
- Multicentre
- International survey
- Standardised questionnaires at 1, 3 and 7 days and 1, 3 and 6 months after surgery
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
CPSP predictive score · 6 months
- No overarching chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) risk factors identified; no new predictive score
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Incidence of CPSP · 6 months
Neuropathic characteristics · 6 months
- Incidence of CPSP — Mean incidence of CPSP, all surgery
- 10.5%
Time course of CPSP
- One-third of patients had CPSP at both 3 and 6 months
Pre-operative pain
- Frequent for TKA (leg) and endometriosis (abdomen); frequency and intensity reduced after surgery
Consequences of CPSP
- Severe CPSP and neuropathic component decreased psychological and functional wellbeing and quality of life
Original publication
Chronic postsurgical pain: A European survey. Eur J Anaesthesiol. Published 27 February 2024. doi:10.
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