The role of regional anaesthesia and multimodal analgesia in the prevention of chronic postoperative pain: a narrative review

YYK Chen, KA Boden, KL Schreiber - Anaesthesia, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Effective prevention of chronic postoperative pain is an important clinical goal, informed by a
growing body of studies. Peri‐operative regional anaesthesia remains one of the most …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing and accelerating the development of precision pain treatments for chronic pain: IMMPACT review and recommendations

RR Edwards, KL Schreiber, RH Dworkin, DC Turk… - The journal of pain, 2023 - Elsevier
Large variability in the individual response to even the most-efficacious pain treatments is
observed clinically, which has led to calls for a more personalized, tailored approach to …

Prediction of persistent pain severity and impact 12 months after breast surgery using comprehensive preoperative assessment of biopsychosocial pain modulators

KL Schreiber, N Zinboonyahgoon, KM Flowers… - Annals of Surgical …, 2021 - Springer
Background Persistent post-mastectomy pain (PPMP) is a significant negative outcome
occurring after breast surgery, and understanding which individual women are most at risk is …

Chronic pain following cosmetic breast surgery: a comprehensive review

I Urits, C Lavin, M Patel, N Maganty, X Jacobson… - Pain and therapy, 2020 - Springer
Introduction Cosmetic breast surgery is commonly performed in the United States; 520,000
procedures of the total 1.8 million cosmetic surgical procedures performed in 2018 were …

Persistent post-mastectomy pain: the impact of regional anesthesia among patients with high vs low baseline catastrophizing

N Zinboonyahgoon, ME Patton, YYK Chen… - Pain …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Persistent post-mastectomy pain (PPMP) varies both in its severity and impact,
with psychosocial factors such as catastrophizing conferring greater risk. Preoperative …

Pain, numbness, or both? Distinguishing the longitudinal course and predictors of positive, painful neuropathic features vs numbness after breast cancer surgery

KM Flowers, M Beck, C Colebaugh… - Pain …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: In this prospective longitudinal study of patients undergoing breast surgery, we
aimed to delineate the time course of numbness and its coincidence with NeuPPS and to …

Profiles of risk and resilience in chronic pain: loneliness, social support, mindfulness, and optimism coming out of the first pandemic year

JM Wilson, CA Colebaugh, KM Flowers… - Pain …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Objective Individuals experience chronic pain differently, not only because of different
clinical diagnoses, but also because of differing degrees of influence from biopsychosocial …

Pain severity and pain interference in late pregnancy: an analysis of biopsychosocial factors among women scheduled for cesarean delivery

JM Wilson, J He, KM Flowers, V Kovacheva… - Pain …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Objective Pain is a variably experienced symptom during pregnancy, and women scheduled
for cesarean delivery, an increasingly common procedure, are a relatively understudied …

Erector spinae plane block versus thoracic paravertebral block for the prevention of acute postsurgical pain in breast cancer surgery: A prospective observational …

A Premachandra, X Wang, M Saad, S Moussawy… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Preventing acute postsurgical pain (PSP) following breast cancer surgery is a
major issue. Thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB) has been widely studied for this indication …

Personalization over protocolization: Embracing diversity of pain trajectories after surgery

KL Schreiber, JD Muehlschlegel - Anesthesiology, 2021 - pubs.asahq.org
An estimated 240 million surgeries are performed worldwide each year. 1 The International
Association for the Study of Pain named 2017 the “Year of Pain after Surgery,” highlighting …