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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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1Department of Anesthesiology, Pain, and Palliative Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, 2Mech-Sense, Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Aalborg University Hospital, 3Medical Technology & Clinical Physics, Radboud University Medical Center

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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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