Persistent Postsurgical Pain: Current Challenges and Future Prospects
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Neurology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 74
Special Issue Editor
Interests: chronic pain; chronic low back pain; fibromyalgia pain; migraine; opioid use disorders; mind-body therapies; persistent postsurgical pain; psychosomatic conditions
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Chronic Postsurgical Pain (CPSP) poses a significant challenge in the realm of surgical outcomes, impacting the quality of life and function for a considerable number of patients. The current challenges in addressing PPSP revolve around its complex etiology and multifaceted nature, involving an interplay of physiological and psychological factors. A biopsychosocial approach for understanding and coping with chronic pain takes into consideration the biological, psychological, and social factors encompassing a wider variety of treatment options. The interplay between preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative variables further complicates prediction and prevention efforts. Future prospects in addressing CPSP lie in advancing our understanding through interdisciplinary research, integrating insights from pain medicine, orthopedics, and psychology. Non-pharmacological treatments for postsurgical pain play a crucial role in providing holistic and multimodal pain management strategies. The implementation of personalized medicine approaches, such as predictive modeling, holds promise in identifying patients at higher risk for developing CPSP and tailoring interventions accordingly.
Dr. Asimina Lazaridou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- chronic pain
- psychological factors
- chronic low back pain
- osteoarthritis, prevention
- diagnosis
- treatment
- management
- postsurgical pain
- clinical outcomes
