{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(4)"],"submitter":["Droog W"],"pubmed_abstract":["The incidence of chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) after upper extremity surgery is not known. The goal was to study CPSP at 5 years postoperative and to investigate patient, surgical, and anesthetic risk factors.<h4>Methods</h4>Patients scheduled for elective upper extremity surgery were included, and numeric rating scale (NRS) score for pain was obtained preoperatively and at 5 years postoperatively. According to the International Association for the Study of Pain definition, CPSP was defined as an increase in NRS compared with preoperatively.<h4>Results</h4>A total 168 patients were contacted at 5 years postoperatively. Incidence of CPSP was 22%, and 35% had an NRS score of 4 or more. The number of patients with an NRS score of 0 and with an NRS score of 4 or more preoperatively was higher in the no-CPSP group, with <i>P</i> values of 0.019 and 0.008, respectively. Of the patients with no preoperative pain, 34% developed CPSP. Regional anesthesia was associated with a lower CPSP incidence (<i>P</i> = 0.001) and was more frequently applied in surgery on bony structures and in patients with a preoperative NRS score of 4 or more.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The incidence CPSP was 22%. Patients with no pain or an NRS score of 4 or more preoperatively were less likely to develop CPSP, but individual susceptibility to pain and success of the surgery may be of influence. One-third of the patients with no preoperative pain developed CPSP. More studies are needed to reveal the exact relation between brachial plexus anesthesia and CPSP."],"journal":["Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open"],"pagination":["e4922"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10101280"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Incidence of Chronic Postsurgical Pain after Upper Extremity Surgery and its Correlation with Preoperative Pain."],"pmcid":["PMC10101280"],"pubmed_authors":["Droog W","Stolker RJ","Walbeehm ET","Coert JH","Galvin EM"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Incidence of Chronic Postsurgical Pain after Upper Extremity Surgery and its Correlation with Preoperative Pain.","description":"The incidence of chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) after upper extremity surgery is not known. The goal was to study CPSP at 5 years postoperative and to investigate patient, surgical, and anesthetic risk factors.<h4>Methods</h4>Patients scheduled for elective upper extremity surgery were included, and numeric rating scale (NRS) score for pain was obtained preoperatively and at 5 years postoperatively. According to the International Association for the Study of Pain definition, CPSP was defined as an increase in NRS compared with preoperatively.<h4>Results</h4>A total 168 patients were contacted at 5 years postoperatively. Incidence of CPSP was 22%, and 35% had an NRS score of 4 or more. The number of patients with an NRS score of 0 and with an NRS score of 4 or more preoperatively was higher in the no-CPSP group, with <i>P</i> values of 0.019 and 0.008, respectively. Of the patients with no preoperative pain, 34% developed CPSP. Regional anesthesia was associated with a lower CPSP incidence (<i>P</i> = 0.001) and was more frequently applied in surgery on bony structures and in patients with a preoperative NRS score of 4 or more.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The incidence CPSP was 22%. Patients with no pain or an NRS score of 4 or more preoperatively were less likely to develop CPSP, but individual susceptibility to pain and success of the surgery may be of influence. One-third of the patients with no preoperative pain developed CPSP. More studies are needed to reveal the exact relation between brachial plexus anesthesia and CPSP.","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Apr","modification":"2025-04-04T07:34:57.816Z","creation":"2025-04-04T07:34:57.816Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10101280","cross_references":{"pubmed":["37063500"],"doi":["10.1097/GOX.0000000000004922"]}}