BACKGROUND: Current research primarily concentrates on acute and chronic postpartum pain, while sub-acute pain after childbirth (SAPC) remains a significant but often under-recognized health concern. We determined if pain and psychological …
PURPOSE: Hysterectomy is associated with a high incidence of chronic post-hysterectomy pain (CPHP). Pain catastrophizing, a negative cognitive-affective response to pain, is associated with various pain disorders but its role in CPHP is unc…
Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) occurs in up to 50% of individuals after surgeries and 32% after hysterectomy, leading to major adverse effects on quality of life and socioeconomic burden. Little is known about whether and how large-scale …
Ban Leong Sng,1,2 Yin Ying Ching,3 Nian-Lin R Han,4 Farida Binte Ithnin,1 Rehena Sultana,5 Pryseley Nkouibert Assam,6 Alex Tiong Heng Sia1,2 1Department of Women’s Anaesthesia, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore, Singapore; 2Duke…
Chronic pain has major adverse effects on health-related quality of life and contributes to significant socioeconomic burden. Hysterectomy is a very common gynecological surgery, resulting in chronic post-hysterectomy pain (CPHP), an import…