Psychological Aspects of Chronic Postsurgical Pain

Epidemiology of Chronic Postsurgical Pain

Chronic postsurgical pain has a global incidence of 30 %, while surgery is the second commonest cause of neuropathic pain. The operations most commonly implicated in chronic postsurgical pain are inguinal hernia repair, breast surgery, amputation, cholecystectomy and thoracotomy. Possible risk factors are the existence of preoperative pain, psychological characteristics of the patient, certain ...

Understanding psychological aspects of chronic pain in interventional pain management.

There is no doubt that chronic pain is recognized as a biopsychosocial phenomenon in which biological, psychological, and social factors dynamically interact with each other. Thus, the role of psychological factors and understanding chronic, persistent disabling pain has been well recognized, but poorly understood. Approximately 1/2 to 2/3 of all patients diagnosed with chronic pain manifest to...

Psychological aspects of pain.

Psychological aspects of pain.

INTRODUCTION Pain is defined "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage". Pain is a sensation of the body, and is always an unpleasant emotional experience. The role of psychology is auxiliary and supplemental to medicine. This is an aid addressed to the patient, physician and patient's caregivers: prof...

Psychological aspects of the management of chronic pelvic pain

ee front matter & 2005 urobgyn.2005.06.002 ng author. Tel.: +44 0 1 ess: [email protected] Summary This article outlines the main psychological issues involved in the management of chronic pelvic pain. It argues for an integrated process of care that acknowledges the role of psychological factors in all experiences of pain and attempts to help the patient to understand this from the inception...