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Postoperative pain is a specific variant of acute nociceptive pain that differs markedly from terminal, chronic, and neurogenic pain in pathophysiology and treatment.
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Encourages subtype-specific analgesia protocols postoperatively; leaves open prospective validation in targeted trials.
Postoperative pain may be regarded as a specific variant of acute nociceptive pain. It is markedly-different from terminal pain, chronic pain and neurogenic pain in pathophysiology, psychological correlates and therapeutic approaches. The major characteristics of each type of pain (in my opinion) are summarized in the Table.
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Peter R. Wilson (1989) studied this question. Postoperative pain is a specific variant of acute nociceptive pain that differs markedly from terminal, chronic, and neurogenic pain in pathophysiology and treatment.
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