We can't yet fully explain why some patients experience chronic pain after nerve-related surgeries meant to relieve it.
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Surgeries designed to relieve nerve-related pain occasionally result in new or persistent pain instead, and predicting which patients are at risk remains imprecise. Better prediction and prevention could improve surgical outcomes for chronic pain patients.
Citation ID: WS00632
Title: We can't yet fully explain why some patients experience chronic pain after nerve-related surgeries meant to relieve it.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=632