In this episode, we take a close look at chronic post surgical pain.

We start by revising the pathophysiology of chronic post surgical pain where we specifically discuss normal acute pain physiology as well as the changes that occur in the progression of acute to chronic pain. We go on to talk about risk factors for the development of chronic post surgical pain before then having a chat about what we can do as anaesthetists to prevent our patients from developing chronic pain after surgery.

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Resources for today's episode:

The IASP classification of chronic pain for ICD-11: chronic postsurgical or posttraumatic pain by S. Schug et al:
https://journals.lww.com/pain/Abstract/2019/01000/The_IASP_classification_of_chronic_pain_for.6.aspx 

Central Sensitization: A Generator of Pain Hypersensitivity by Central Neural Plasticity by A. Latremoliere and C. Woolf:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2750819/

Transition from acute to chronic pain by A. Feizerfan and G. Sheh:
https://academic.oup.com/bjaed/article/15/2/98/248869 

Understanding LTP in pain pathways by J. Sandkuhler:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1852298/

Acute Pain Manual: Scientific Evidence 5th Ed:
www.anzca.edu.au  

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