Post-Mastectomy Pain: An Updated Overview on Risk Factors, Predictors, and Markers.

ABSTRACT: After breast surgery, women frequently develop chronic post-mastectomy pain (PMP). PMP refers to the occurrence of pain in and around the area of the mastectomy lasting beyond three months after surgery. The nature of factors leading to PMP is not well known. When PMP is refractory to analgesic treatment, it negatively impacts the lives of patients, increasing emotional stress and disability. For this reason, optimizing the quality of life of patients treated for this pathology has gained more importance. On the basis of the findings and opinions above, we present an overview of risk factors and predictors to be used as potential biomarkers in the personalized management of individual PMP. For this overview, we discuss scientific articles published in peer-reviewed journals written in the

SUBMITTER: Calapai M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8540201 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature