Pain : Persistent postsurgery and bone cancer-related pain

The generation of neuropathic pain is a complex dynamic process. Factors involved include one or more dysregulated sensory neural pathways; dysregulated activity of specific neurotransmitters, synapses, receptors and cognitive and emotional neural circuits; and the balance between degenerative and regenerative neural events. Risk factors include age, sex, cognition, emotions, genetic polymorphism, previous or ongoing chronic pain conditions and the use of certain drugs. Intense pain experienced before, during and after surgery is a risk factor for the development of central sensitization with consequent persistent postsurgery neuropathic pain. Blockade of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors with appropriate drugs during and immediately after surgery may prevent persistent postsurgical pain. Most cancers, but particularly malignant metastases in bone, can induce persistent pain. Local factors including direct damage to sensory nerve fibres, infiltration of nerve roots by cancer cells and algogenic biological agents within the microenvironment of the tumour bring about central sensitization of dorsal horn neurons, characterized by neurochemical reorganization with persistent cancer pain. In this article, the clinical features, pathogenesis and principles of management of persistent postsurgery pain and cancer pain are briefly discussed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:47

Enthalten in:

The Journal of international medical research - 47(2019), 2 vom: 01. Feb., Seite 528-543

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Feller, Liviu [VerfasserIn]
Khammissa, Razia Abdool Gafaar [VerfasserIn]
Bouckaert, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Ballyram, Raoul [VerfasserIn]
Jadwat, Yusuf [VerfasserIn]
Lemmer, Johan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bone cancer pain
Inflammatory pain
Journal Article
Metastatic jaw cancer
Metastatic spinal cord compression
Neuropathic pain
Oral squamous cell carcinoma
Persistent postsurgery pain
Procedural pain
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 11.06.2019

Date Revised 25.02.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/0300060518818296

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM292606753