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A Quantitative Sensory Testing Paradigm to Obtain Measures of Pain Processing in Patients Undergoing Breast Cancer Surgery
 

A Quantitative Sensory Testing Paradigm to Obtain Measures of Pain Processing in Patients Undergoing Breast Cancer Surgery

Article DOI: 10.3791/56918-v 07:14 min January 18th, 2018
January 18th, 2018

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Persistent postsurgical pain may be related to changes in pain processing. By assessing pain in response to standardized stimuli, changes in pain processing can be elucidated. We present methods to obtain pain thresholds to different stimuli and a measure of endogenous analgesia in patients undergoing breast cancer surgery.

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Keywords: Quantitative Sensory Testing Pain Processing Breast Cancer Surgery Electrical Pain Threshold Electrical Detection Threshold Visual Analog Scale Dermatome Anesthesiology Pain Medicine
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